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 | #958219 in Books |  imusti |  1987-05-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.83 x.87 x6.10l,.49 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

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||23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.| The Female Malady|By Luxx Mishley|Elaine Showlater's The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980 is a brilliant discussion of the perception and treatment of mental illness, focusing on the female perspective. Showalter's research is thorough, and her presentation of information shows a care and attentiveness to her material that increases the confidence|From Library Journal|Showalter, well known for her feminist studies of literature, here turns her attention to the history of psychiatry. Approaches to treatment have ranged from kindly paternalism to repressive discipline to psychosurgery to drugs. They have th

In this informative, timely and often harrowing study, Elaine Showalter demonstrates how cultural ideas about 'proper' feminine behaviour have shaped the definition and treatment of female insanity for 150 years, and given mental disorder in women specifically sexual connotations. Along with vivid portraits of the men who dominated psychiatry, and descriptions of the therapeutic practices that were used to bring women 'to their senses', she draws on diaries and narrative...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980   |  Elaine Showalter.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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