ISBN:
9781134740925
,
1134740921
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 254 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Body talk
DDC:
306.4
Keywords:
Human body Social aspects
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Women Psychology
;
Women Physiology
;
Mental illness Social aspects
;
Human reproduction Social aspects
;
Corps humain Aspect social
;
Esprit et corps
;
Femmes Psychologie
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Femmes Physiologie
;
Sexualité (Psychologie)
;
Maladies mentales Aspect social
;
Reproduction humaine Aspect social
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Matérialisme
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Psychologie discursive
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Mind and body
;
Sex (Psychology)
;
Materialism
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Discursive psychology
;
Feminist theory
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Mental illness Social aspects
;
Human reproduction Social aspects
;
Women Psychology
;
Women Physiology
;
Human body Social aspects
;
Feminist theory
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Discursive psychology
;
Feminist theory
;
Human body ; Social aspects
;
Human reproduction ; Social aspects
;
Materialism
;
Mental illness ; Social aspects
;
Mind and body
;
Sex (Psychology)
;
Women ; Physiology
;
Women ; Psychology
;
Körper
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Sexualität
;
Psychologie
;
Lichamelijkheid
;
Menselijk lichaam
;
Frau
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Electronic books
;
Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
Introduction : towards a material-discursive analysis of madness, sexuality and reproduction / Jane M. Ussher -- Women's bodies, women's lives and depression : towards a reconciliation of material and discursive accounts / Janet M. Stoppard -- Mental health, critical realism and lay knowledge / David Pilgrim and Anne Rogers -- AIDS panic / Corinne Squire -- Screaming under the bridge : masculinity, rationality and psychotherapy / Stephen Frosh -- Adolescent bodies : boy crazy memories and dreams / Janet Sayers -- The discursive construction and regulation of dissident sexualities : the case of SM / Gary W. Taylor -- Framing the sexual "other" : the regulation of lesbian and gay sexuality / Jane M. Ussher -- Intimacy and love in late modern conditions : implications for unsafe sexual practices / Helene Joffe -- Reading the bleeding body : discourses of premenstrual syndrome / Catherine Swann -- Menopause : bodily changes and multiple meanings / Myra S. Hunter and Irene O'Dea -- Anorexic bodies and the discursive production of feminine excess / Helen Malson.
Abstract:
Psychology has traditionally examined human experience from a realist perspective, focusing on observable 'facts'. This is especially so in areas of psychology which focus on the body, such as sexuality, madness or reproduction. In contrast, many sociologists, anthropologists and feminists have focused exclusively on the cultural and communicative aspects of 'the body' treating it purely as an object constructed within socio-cultural discourse. This new collection of sophisticated discursive analyses explores this divide from a variety of theoretical standpoints, including psychoanalysis, s
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
