Reflecting on the Bell Jar

Reflecting on The Bell Jar (first published in 1991) acknowledges the repressive post-war regime of social hygiene. Pat Macpherson's reading takes into account the fundamental rearrangement of the social contract between citizen and state, built on the newly made connections between national security and mental health.

List of contents

Introduction: Cold War Paranoia – Theirs and Ours 1. Coming Apart in the Atomic Age 2. The Motherly Breath of the Suburbs 3. ‘You Don’t Blame Me for Hating My Mother, Do You?’ 4. ‘I Am Not Now a Homosexual and I Have Never Been a Homosexual.’

About the author

Pat Macpherson taught English at Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia for 13 years and received her MA in Women’s Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Summary

Reflecting on The Bell Jar (first published in 1991) acknowledges the repressive post-war regime of social hygiene. Pat Macpherson’s reading takes into account the fundamental rearrangement of the social contract between citizen and state, built on the newly made connections between national security and mental health.

Product details

• Authors: Pat Macpherson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032888569
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3288856-9
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Psychotherapy, Literature & literary studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography, Literature and Literary studies