The female malady
Subtitle: women, madness, and English culture, 1830-1980
By: Elaine Showalter.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Women -- Mental health -- England -- History; Psychiatry -- England -- History
Description: This incisive study explores how cultural ideas about proper feminine behavior have shaped the definition and treatment of madness in women as it traces trends in the psychiatric care of women in England from 1830-1980.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [288]-302.
Includes index.