Status of Women - Violence, Identity, and Activism

Informationen zum Autor B. Pender, Vivian Klappentext This book examines the status of women in different eras and in different areas of society. The contributors draw on their international experience to consider how women are viewed and treated in society today and offer perspectives on why the status of women and girls has not changed in some areas. Zusammenfassung This book examines the status of women in different eras and in different areas of society. The contributors draw on their international experience to consider how women are viewed and treated in society today and offer perspectives on why the status of women and girls has not changed in some areas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor’S Foreword -- Introduction -- A woman surgeon: her story -- Simone de Beauvoir and the trauma of sexism -- “Pure heroines” on campus: new wave feminism and popular culture -- Pregnancy: a clinical and cultural experience of pregnancy in the Middle East and North America -- Women and migration: “children on the move” -- Women and power: a developmental perspective -- Maternal genealogy: narcissistic identification in three generations of women -- Abuse of women: relation to the maternal representation -- Atrocities against mother and child re-presented in the psychoanalytic space -- Machismo and the limits of male heterosexuality -- Women and activism: a long history, a complex problem

Product details

• Authors: Vivian B. Pender, Vivian B. Pender
• Assisted by: Vivian B Pender (Editor), Vivian B. Pender (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781782203056
• ISBN: 978-1-78220-305-6
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Psychoanalysis and Women; Psychoanalysis and Women Series; Psychoanalysis and Women Series; Psychoanalysis and Women
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories