Managing the monstrous feminine: regulating the reproductive body
Jane M. Ussher
Managing the monstrous feminine: regulating the reproductive body
Author
Jane M. UssherPublisher
RoutledgeEdition 1
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Title and Author
Managing the monstrous feminine: regulating the reproductive body / Jane M. UssherPublication Details
لندن : Routledge، 2006مPhysical Description
xvi, 209 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Feminist psychologyWomen psychology
Attitude to Health
Body Image
Feminism
Reproduction
series
(Women and psychology؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 371-591( and index.
Contents
Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body -- Mad, bad, bloody women : the shame of menarche and pathologising of premenstrual change -- Embodying the grotesque feminine : the pregnant and post-natal body -- 'The horror of this living decay' : menopause and aging body -- Regulation and resistance : women's negotiation of embodied subject positions -- Appendix 1 : details of the interviews with women on PMS, post-natal depression and midlife -- Appendix 2 : details of women-centred psychological therapy package