Women and MadnessAllen Lane, 1974 - 338 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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... asylums , jails and medical hospitals . * It is obvious that state mental asylums are the ' Indian reservations ' for American's non - criminally labelled poor , old , black ... asylums rarely offer asylum . Both their calculated Asylums 33.
... asylums , jails and medical hospitals . * It is obvious that state mental asylums are the ' Indian reservations ' for American's non - criminally labelled poor , old , black ... asylums rarely offer asylum . Both their calculated Asylums 33.
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Phyllis Chesler. - Mental asylums rarely offer asylum . Both their calculated and their haphazard brutality mirrors the brutality of ' out- side ' society . The ' scandals ' about them that periodically sur- face in the media are like ...
Phyllis Chesler. - Mental asylums rarely offer asylum . Both their calculated and their haphazard brutality mirrors the brutality of ' out- side ' society . The ' scandals ' about them that periodically sur- face in the media are like ...
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... asylums - or 72,046 women compared to 48,094 men . While the total number of female and male patients in state asylums has steadily decreased ( due to drug therapy , other facilities , and the increasing usage of old - age homes ) , the ...
... asylums - or 72,046 women compared to 48,094 men . While the total number of female and male patients in state asylums has steadily decreased ( due to drug therapy , other facilities , and the increasing usage of old - age homes ) , the ...
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