The Female Malady
Women, mental health
Women, great britain
Women's Health
Mental health services
Women, social conditions
Women in literature
Psychiatry
Mental illness
Mental Disorders
Mental health
New York Times reviewed
Women
Social conditions
Psychology
History
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 p…
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