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Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body / Jane M. Ussher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Women and psychologyPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Edition: First editionDescription: xvi, 219 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 041532811X
  • 9780415328111
  • 0415328101
  • 9780415328104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.333 22
LOC classification:
  • BF201.4 .U87 2006
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.
Summary: "Managing the Monstorous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, locating the female body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness.Including sections on "Regulation", "The subjectification of women" and "Women's negotiation and resistance", this book describes the construction of the "monstrous feminine" that we see depicted in art, literature and film, revealing the implications on theory, research and practice. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material to illuminate discussions of subjects including:? The regulation of women through sexual violence and abuse? Regimes of knowledge associated with reproduction ? Intersubjectivity and the body? Women's narratives of; resistanceThese insights into the relation between the construction of the female body and women's subjectivity will be of interest to those studying social psychology, gender studies and cultural studies."--Publisher description.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 155.333 USS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A375374B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-211) and index.

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.

"Managing the Monstorous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, locating the female body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness.Including sections on "Regulation", "The subjectification of women" and "Women's negotiation and resistance", this book describes the construction of the "monstrous feminine" that we see depicted in art, literature and film, revealing the implications on theory, research and practice. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material to illuminate discussions of subjects including:? The regulation of women through sexual violence and abuse? Regimes of knowledge associated with reproduction ? Intersubjectivity and the body? Women's narratives of; resistanceThese insights into the relation between the construction of the female body and women's subjectivity will be of interest to those studying social psychology, gender studies and cultural studies."--Publisher description.

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