Women and Madness (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Phyllis Chesler
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Psychology
- Subjects: Sexism, Gender roles, Psychology or psychologists, Mental illness, Feminism, Women, Mental institutions, hospitals or asylums, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Patients
Form and Content
Phyllis Chesler’s Women and Madness is a feminist indictment of the male-dominated psycho-medical establishment. Chesler examines the gender-based power relations in psychology and psychiatry from many perspectives and uses many tools: statistical studies, transcripts of interviews, quotations from many sources, personal reminiscences, charts and graphs, illustrations, extensive (almost chatty) footnotes, tales from classical mythology, and free speculation. Throughout her investigation, she consistently finds that women have been oppressed by the...
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