Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body

ISBN-13: 9780415328104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 236 str.

Jane M. Ussher

Opis

This book takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body.

Spis treści

Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body.  Mad, Bad, Bloody Women: The Shame of Menarche and Pathologizing of Premenstrual Change.  Embodying the Grotesque Feminine: The Pregnant and Postnatal Body.  The Horror of this Living Decay’: Menopause and Aging Body.  Regulation and Resistance: Women's Negotiation of Embodied Subject Positions.  Appendix One: Details of the Interviews with Women on PMS, PND and Widlife.  Appendix Two: Details of Women Centred Psychological Therapy Package

O autorze

Jane M Ussher is Professor of Women’s Health Psychology, and director of the Gender Culture and Health Research Unit: PsyHealth, at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. She is author and editor of a number of books, including The Psychology of the Female Body and Body Talk: Material and Discursive Regulation of Sexuality, Madness and Reproduction. Her current research focuses on women’s sexual and reproductive health, with particular emphasis on premenstrual experiences, and gendered issues in caring.