Women and Madness

Name: Women and Madness
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Phyllis Chesler
ISBN: 9781721343515

Author: Phyllis Chesler

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 14 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 03/05/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Mental Health, Psychology, Psychopathology

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly 50 years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this seminal book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print this completely revised and updated edition from 2005 adds to her original research and findings perspectives on the issues of eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychology, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation and more.

About Phyllis Chesler

Phyllis Chesler, author of eighteen books and thousands of articles and speeches is also an emerita professor of psychology and women’s studies at City University of New York, a psychotherapist, and an expert courtroom witness. She is cofounder of the Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women’s Health Network, a charter member of the Women’s Forum and the Veteran Feminists of America, and a founder and board member of the International Committee for the Women of the Wall. She lives in Manhattan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Raquel on July 16, 2019

La segunda sección de «Mujeres y locura» me ha gustado aún más si cabe que la primera. En ella Chesler entrevista a mujeres institucionalizadas, lesbianas, racializadas y feministas buscando una conexión entre ese entorno social y la terapia así como la efectividad de la misma. Son estremecedoras la......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on October 16, 2010

So this is an amazing, wonderful, shocking, revelatory book that is well-researched, beautifully written, thoughtful and that frames a moral imperative of undeniable power. It is also among my favorite feminist texts, and whenever I open it to look something up, I inevitably find myself rereading en......more

Goodreads review by mia on August 30, 2022

very very interesting especially as a woman who has been in therapy/on medication; going to listen to ladies by fiona apple on a loop now......more

Goodreads review by pizca on February 09, 2021

"¿cómo entraban en el pasado las mujeres norteamericanas al psiquiátrico? la respuesta es: contra su voluntad y sin previo aviso". Ada Metcalf (1876) escribió: "ahora está muy de moda y resulta muy sencillo hacer que una persona parezca loca. Si un hombre se cansa es su esposa, o si pierde la cabeza......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on December 26, 2009

Phyllis Chesler knows little of and chooses not to focus on what the actual expereince of being mad (and being labeled mad) is like for women who have legitimate illnesses, and chooses to instead focus on how madness is precieved in women. In this respect, she is like the professionals she criticize......more