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Wear and Tear - Or Hints for the Overworked

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Informationen zum Autor S. Weir Mitchell was among the 19th century's most eminent physicians, a man of enormous literary and medical talents, who at the turn of the century, jumped on a bandwagon of gender-hysteria that swept across American society. Michael S. Kimmel teaches at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Klappentext S. Weir Mitchell's work on the etiology and treatment of neurasthenia, commonly called "brain drain," provided the intersection of medical diagnoses of a serious ailment with cultural critiques of modernity and the vigorous reassertion of traditional gender ideologies. It was for neurasthenia that Mitchell treated feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman and countless others, for whom the pace and pressures of modern society had proved too difficult to bear, and who were exhibiting symptoms ranging from severe depression and unbearable lassitude, to anxiety and panic disorders. First published in 1971, Wear and Tear became a best-seller, a popular general treatise on culture and mental and physical health and brought Mitchell significant public attention. More than a century later, Wear and Tear may be seen as cautionary tales, reminding contemporary readers of the persistence of traditional gender ideologies, and the ways in which pseudo-scientific arguments have undermined women's claims for an equal footing in the public and private spheres. Zusammenfassung A work on the etiology and treatment of neurasthenia! commonly called brain drain which provides the intersection of medical diagnoses of a serious ailment with cultural critiques of modernity.

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Authors Michael S. Kimmel, S. Weir Mitchell, S. Weir/ Kimmel Mitchell, Silas Weir Mitchell, Weir S Mitchell, Weir S. Mitchell
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.02.2004
 
EAN 9780759106734
ISBN 978-0-7591-0673-4
No. of pages 106
Dimensions 159 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
Series Classics in Gender Studies
Classics in Gender Studies
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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