Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive BodyManaging the Monstrous 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 popular culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, positioning the reproductive body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness.
These insights into the relation between the construction of the female body and women's subjectivity will be of interest to those studying health psychology, social psychology, medical sociology, gender studies and cultural studies. The book will also appeal to all those looking for a high-level introduction to contemporary feminist thought on the female body. |
Contents
Regulating the Reproductive Body | 1 |
The Shame of Menarche and the Pathologising of Premenstrual Change | 18 |
The Pregnant and Postnatal Body | 80 |
Menopause and the Ageing Body | 118 |
Womens Negotiation of Embodied Subject Positions | 151 |
Details of the Interviews with Women on PMS Postnatal Depression and Midlife | 164 |
Details of the WomenCentred Psychological Therapy Package | 166 |
Notes | 171 |
References | 173 |
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Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body Jane M. Ussher Limited preview - 2006 |
Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body Jane M. Ussher Limited preview - 2006 |
Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body Jane M. Ussher Limited preview - 2006 |