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This incisive study explores how cultural ideas about proper feminine behavior have shaped the definition and treatment of madness in women as it traces trends in the psychiatric care of women in England from 1830-1980
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She writes with penetration, precision and passion. This book is essential reading for all those concerned with what psychiatry has done to women, and what new psychiatry could do for them (ROY PORTER, WELLCOME INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE)
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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.
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- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0394520211
- ISBN 13 9780394520216
- BindingHardcover
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