Complaints And Disorders The Sexual Politics Of Sickness
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Author | : Barbara Ehrenreich |
Publisher | : Feminist Press at CUNY |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1558616950 |
New edition of this bestselling book about the history of sexism in the medical profession.
Author | : Barbara Ehrenreich |
Publisher | : Feminist Press at CUNY |
Total Pages | : 95 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : 9781558616394 |
Author | : Barbara Ehrenreich |
Publisher | : Feminist Press at CUNY |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : |
In this sequel to their underground bestseller Witches, Midwives, and Nurses, Ehrenreich and English document the tradition of American sexism in medicine before and after the turn of the century. Citing numerous 'treatments' and 'rest cures' perpetrated on women through the decades, they analyze the biomedical rationales used to justify sex discrimination.
Author | : Kate Millett |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2016-02-16 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231541724 |
A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors—D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet—and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples taught a generation to recognize inequities masquerading as nature and proved the value of feminist critique in all facets of life. This new edition features the scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon and the New Yorker correspondent Rebecca Mead on the importance of Millett's work to challenging the complacency that sidelines feminism.
Author | : Eugenia C. DeLamotte |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780415915311 |
A collection of the words of women spaning some 26 centuries from every corner of the earth and from many cultures.
Author | : Barbara Ehrenreich |
Publisher | : The Feminist Press at CUNY |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2010-07-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 155861690X |
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses examines how women-led healing was delegitimized to make way for patriarchy, capitalism, and the emerging medical industry. As we watch another agonizing attempt to shift the future of healthcare in the United States, we are reminded of the longevity of this crisis, and how firmly entrenched we are in a system that doesn't work. First published by the Feminist Press in 1973, Witches, Midwives, and Nurses is an essential book about the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunters. In this new and updated edition, Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English delve into the current fascination with and controversies about witches, exposing our fears and fantasies. They build on their classic exposé on the demonization of women healers and the political and economic monopolization of medicine. This quick history brings us up-to-date, exploring today's changing attitudes toward childbirth, alternative medicine, and modern-day witches.
Author | : Meghan O'Rourke |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0698190769 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION Named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by NPR, The New Yorker, Time, and Vogue “Remarkable.” –Andrew Solomon, The New York Times Book Review "At once a rigorous work of scholarship and a radical act of empathy.”—Esquire "A ray of light into those isolated cocoons of darkness that, at one time or another, may afflict us all.” —The Wall Street Journal "Essential."—The Boston Globe A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O’Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of “invisible” illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVID, synthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier. Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O’Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color. Blending lyricism and erudition, candor and empathy, O’Rourke brings together her deep and disparate talents and roles as critic, journalist, poet, teacher, and patient, synthesizing the personal and universal into one monumental project arguing for a seismic shift in our approach to disease. The Invisible Kingdom offers hope for the sick, solace and insight for their loved ones, and a radical new understanding of our bodies and our health.
Author | : Barbara Ehrenreich |
Publisher | : Feminist Press at CUNY |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Medicine |
ISBN | : |
This book looks at the history of medical practice, argues that the suppression of female healers began with the European witch hunts, and describes the sexism of the current medical establishment.
Author | : Richard Guy Parker |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781857288117 |
This work offers an introduction to the central debates in sexuality research. Among the issues examined are the social and cultural dimensions of sex, human sexuality and sex research.
Author | : Ray Moynihan |
Publisher | : Greystone Books |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2008-09-01 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1926706684 |
In this hard-hitting indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, Ray Moynihan and Allan Cassels show how drug companies are systematically using their dominating influence in the world of medical science, drug companies are working to widen the very boundaries that define illness. Mild problems are redefined as serious illness, and common complaints are labeled as medical conditions requiring drug treatments. Runny noses are now allergic rhinitis, PMS has become a psychiatric disorder, and hyperactive children have ADD. Selling Sickness reveals how expanding the boundaries of illness and lowering the threshold for treatments is creating millions of new patients and billions in new profits, in turn threatening to bankrupt national healthcare systems all over the world. This Canadian edition includes an introduction placing the issue in a Canadian context and describing why Canadians should be concerned about the problem.