Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ussher, Jane M., 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Series:Women and psychology.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Managing the monstrous feminine : regulating the reproductive body
  • Mad, bad, bloody women : the shame of menarche and pathologising of premenstrual change
  • Embodying the grotesque feminine : the pregnant and post-natal body
  • 'The horror of this living decay' : menopause and aging body
  • Regulation and resistance : women's negotiation of embodied subject positions
  • Appendix 1 : details of the interviews with women on PMS, post-natal depression and midlife
  • Appendix 2 : details of women-centred psychological therapy package.