Women, Madness and the Law

A Feminist Reader
Herausgeber: Chan, Wendy; Menzies, Robert; Chunn, Dorothy E

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores, for the first time in an edited collection, the intersection of three key research areas - women, madness and the law - and advances the debates on how law and the 'psy' sciences play a critical role in regulating and controlling women's lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 617g
• ISBN-13: 9781138163188
• ISBN-10: 113816318X
• Artikelnr.: 69943970

Autorenporträt

Wendy Chan, Dorothy E. Chunn, Robert Menzies

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Unravelling Women's Madness
2: Beyond Reason
3: The Boundaries of Femininity
4: Charlotte's Web
5: Women's Misery
6: Sex Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Courts 1
7: Homelessness, Mental Disorder, and Penal Intervention
8: Gender, Murder and Madness 1
9: Reclaiming Women's Agency
10: Defending Battered Women on Charges of Homicide
11: At the Centre of the New Professional Gaze
12: The Treatment of Women Patients in Secure Hospitals
13: Feminist Antipsychiatry Praxis - Women and the Movement(s)