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Complaints and disorders : the sexual politics of sickness / Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. (Author). English, Deirdre. (Added Author).

Summary:

"From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today.<B>Barbara Ehrenreich</B> is the author of many bestselling books, including Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.<B>Deirdre English</B>, former editor of Mother Jones magazine, is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism"--Provided by publisher.
"From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how the biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781558616950 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: p. ; cm.
  • Edition: 2nd ed.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Feminist Press, 2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173)
Subject: Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects.
Women's Health > history > United States.
History, 19th Century > United States.
History, 20th Century > United States.
Prejudice > United States.
Social Conditions > history > United States.
Socioeconomic Factors > history > United States.
Women's Rights > history > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Castlegar Campus Library WA 11 AA1 E43 2011 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
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520 . ‡a"From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how the biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today"--Provided by publisher.
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