Woman's relationship with herself
Subtitle: gender, Foucault and therapy
By: Helen O'Grady.
Publisher: Psychology Press; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hove, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: Foucault, Michel.; Women -- Psychology.; Women -- Identity.; Self-perception in women.; Self-esteem in women.; Control (Psychology); Sex role -- Psychological aspects.
Description: "Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady illuminates the link between self-policing and the broader mechanisms of social control, arguing that these negative practices prevent women from enjoying a satisfying and affirming relationship with themselves." "This contribution to feminist debates about gender and the self will be of interest to students and researchers in social psychology, feminist psychology, mental health studies and gender studies, and to practitioners in psychological therapies and counselling psychology."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A lens for viewing self-policing; title: Gender and self-policing; title: Challenging negative identity practices-narrative therapy; title: Immanent critiques : expanded possibilities for refusing self-policing; title: An ethics of care for the self; title: Foucault and therapy-a contradiction?