Managing the monstrous feminine [electronic resource] : regulating the reproductive body / Jane M. Ussher.
By: Ussher, Jane M.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-211) and index.
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.
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