Managing the monstrous feminine
Subtitle: regulating the reproductive body
By: Jane Ussher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Feminist psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Managing the monstrous feminine: regulating the reproductive body; title: Mad, bad, bloody women: the shame of menarche and pathologizing of premenstrual change; title: Embodying the grotesque feminine: the pregnant and postnatal body; title: The horror of this living decay: menopause and aging body; title: Regulation and resistance: women's negotiation of embodied subject positions; title: Appendix one: details of the interviews with women on PMS, PND, and midlife; title: Appendix two: details of women centred psychological therapy package.