Women and MadnessChicago Review Press, 4 set 2018 - 432 pagine Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this landmark book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print, this completely revised and updated edition adds perspectives on eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychology, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more. |
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... remains the same. For some, family life has changed radically in the last thirty- ve years; more than half of all marriages end in divorce; many mothers (and some fathers) are raising children alone, both with and without extended ...
... remains the same. For some, family life has changed radically in the last thirty- ve years; more than half of all marriages end in divorce; many mothers (and some fathers) are raising children alone, both with and without extended ...
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... to women respectfully, rather than in a superior or contemptuous way. A feminist therapist does not minimize the extent to which a woman has been wounded. Nevertheless, a feminist therapist remains resolutely optimistic. No woman, no.
... to women respectfully, rather than in a superior or contemptuous way. A feminist therapist does not minimize the extent to which a woman has been wounded. Nevertheless, a feminist therapist remains resolutely optimistic. No woman, no.
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Phyllis Chesler. Nevertheless, a feminist therapist remains resolutely optimistic. No woman, no matter how wounded she may be, is beyond the reach of human community and compassion. A feminist therapist does not label a woman as mentally ...
Phyllis Chesler. Nevertheless, a feminist therapist remains resolutely optimistic. No woman, no matter how wounded she may be, is beyond the reach of human community and compassion. A feminist therapist does not label a woman as mentally ...
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... remains to be done. But we have come a long way. We now understand that women and men are not “crazy” or “defective” when, in response to trauma, they develop post-traumatic symptoms, including insomnia, ashbacks, phobias, panic attacks ...
... remains to be done. But we have come a long way. We now understand that women and men are not “crazy” or “defective” when, in response to trauma, they develop post-traumatic symptoms, including insomnia, ashbacks, phobias, panic attacks ...
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... remains constant. I also wrote about the “psycho-economics of female beauty.” I addressed, early on, the danger of women's obsession with being thin, young, and beautiful, but I also attributed this to the growing power of advertising ...
... remains constant. I also wrote about the “psycho-economics of female beauty.” I addressed, early on, the danger of women's obsession with being thin, young, and beautiful, but I also attributed this to the growing power of advertising ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | Women and Madness |
| Autore | Phyllis Chesler |
| Edizione | ristampa |
| Editore | Chicago Review Press, 2018 |
| ISBN | 164160039X, 9781641600392 |
| Lunghezza | 432 pagine |
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