The Female Malady. Women, Madness And English Culture, 1830-1980

Showalter Elaine

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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1985
Edition: First Edition

Description: 312 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This incisive study explores how cultural ideas about proper feminine behavior have shaped the definition and treatment of madness in women as it traces trends in the psychiatric care of women in England from 1830-1980

ISBN: 0394520211

(208053)




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