Women, Madness and the Law

A Feminist Reader

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvWendy Chan,Dorothy E. Chunn,Robert Menzies

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-01-13
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor314
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138163188

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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)