Women and MadnessHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 - 359 pagine Feminist Icon Phyllis Chesler's Pioneering Work, Women and Madness, Remains Startlingly relevant today, over thirty years since its initial publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this seminal book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. In this new edition, Chesler's original research and findings are supported by her perspectives on today's issues related to the subjects in the original book including: eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychiatry, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more. Book jacket. |
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... nature . . . For what purpose did nature give me health and ambition ? ... it is really sad that I must translate all this force and urge to action into unheard words [ in her diary ] , instead of powerful deeds . . . . I am twenty ...
... nature . . . For what purpose did nature give me health and ambition ? ... it is really sad that I must translate all this force and urge to action into unheard words [ in her diary ] , instead of powerful deeds . . . . I am twenty ...
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... nature of woman's compliance with her literal and psychological self - sacri- fice . Many female mental patients view themselves as " sick " or " bad " and commit themselves , quite voluntarily , to asylums or to private psychiatrists ...
... nature of woman's compliance with her literal and psychological self - sacri- fice . Many female mental patients view themselves as " sick " or " bad " and commit themselves , quite voluntarily , to asylums or to private psychiatrists ...
Pagina 264
... nature have increasingly been de- valued by our culture - but women have not yet been freed from * Men are often victims of nature but women are " nature . " When women seek to be something other than " natural , " they experience their ...
... nature have increasingly been de- valued by our culture - but women have not yet been freed from * Men are often victims of nature but women are " nature . " When women seek to be something other than " natural , " they experience their ...
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FIVE | 48 |
Schizophrenia in Three Studies | 49 |
THE CLINICIANS | 57 |
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