Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness

Women and the Psychosocial Construction of Madness focuses on the question of madness as it is experienced by women within gendered sociopolitical contexts. Contributors to this edited collection engage with a diverse range of topics, including black and ethnic minority women's experiences of psychosis, psychosis in transwomen, sexual trauma and psychosis, the doctor-patient relationship, and women's experiences of mental health treatment and recovery. Chapters span the disciplines of psychoanalysis, sociology, women's studies, critical theory, and madness studies.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Race, Gender, and Psychosis

Chapter 2. Mourning and Melancholia in Transwomen: Inscription and the Risk for Melancholic Psychosis

Chapter 3. My Monster, My Self

Chapter 4. Sabina Spielrein and Frau M: Two Historical Cases of Female Psychoses

Chapter 5. Lucia

Chapter 6. The Locust of Words and the Locus of Saying: Femininity and Psychosis

Chapter 7. I Call this Institutionalized Rape

Chapter 8. The Scarlet Diagnosis: Trauma, Psychosis, and Pathologizing the Feminine

Chapter 9. Being of Sound Mind

Chapter 10. Faith: A Woman Interrupted

About the author

Edited by Marie Brown and Marilyn Charles - Contributions by Noel Hunter; Harshad Keval; Debra Lampshire; Casadi Marino; Ilona Melker; Alvaro D. Moreira; Michael O'Loughlin; Erin Soros and Manya Steinkoler

Product details

• Authors: Marie Charles Brown
• Assisted by: Marie Brown (Editor), Marilyn Charles (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2021
• EAN: 9781498591966
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9196-6
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories