Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body
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Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body
（Women and psychology）
Routledge, 2006
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 185-211
Includes index
Contents of Works
- 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 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
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Managing 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.
Including sections on 'regulation', 'the subjectification of women' and 'women's negotiation and resistance', this book describes the construction of the 'monstrous feminine' in mythology, art, literature and film, revealing its implications for the regulation and experience of the fecund female body. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material to illuminate discussions of subjects including:
the regulation of women through the body
regimes of knowledge associated with reproduction
intersubjectivity and the body
women's narratives of resistance.
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.
Table of Contents
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
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