Managing the monstrous feminine regulating the reproductive body / [electronic resource] :
Jane M. Ussher.
- [1st ed.]
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- 1 online resource
- Women and psychology .
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.