![]() ![]() 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. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK 3JH 3JJ HBJD1 HBLL HBLW JFSJ1 MMH. A vital counter-interpretation of madness in women, showing how it is often a consequence of, rather than a deviation from, the traditional female role. ![]() Description for The Female Malady: Women, Madness and English Culture, 1830-1980 Paperback. ![]()
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