Managing the monstrous feminine :

Ussher, Jane M.

Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body by Jane M. Ussher - London : Routledge, ©2006 - xvi, 219 p. ; 24 cm. - Women and psychology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 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.

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Feminist psychology.
Women--psychology.
Attitude to Health.
Body Image.
Feminism.
Reproduction.

BF201.4 / .U87 2006

155.3 / USS-M
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