The Saturday Review of BooksĪ stunning book.absolutely fascinating.- Los Angeles Timesĭr. Considering the painful, shocking nature of its subject matter, Women and Madness is more robust than bitter, more hopeful than desperate - in the best sense a consciousness-raising effort. Chesler is one of the new breed of social scientists, well trained, skilled and literate in many fields, whose loyalty is to the public rather than to any establishment.

Phyllis Chesler writes with high passion and compassion What is unusual is that the passion is firmly rooted in professional research. This is an extremely important book, a signal that the women's liberation movement is coming of age. Kate MillettĬhesler has synthesized history, personal pain, therapy, poetry, and a rage for liberation into a work of art. This is sure to be one of the most important, even distinguished books to come to us in a long while - a landmark. The right book at the right time by the right person. Sometimes forceful, sometimes tender, Women & Madness, like all important books, has the enormous power to trouble the sleep of the world.

No serious future studies will be able to ignore its theories or its very existence. Adrienne Rich, Front Page, The New York Times Book ReviewĬhallenges the definition of madness itself. A pioneer contribution to the feminization of psychiatric thinking and practice. With an extensive bibliography recommended for a new generation of public library users and for all women's studies and mental health collections. In a text richly textured with classical and research references, she revisits her original study of psychiatric bias and oppression, including sex between patient and clinician, and reviews how the feminist landscape has changed since the 1970s.Filled with cogent insights and applications to contemporary issues (e.g., biological psychiatry, eating disorders), the book embodies enough revision to make it relevant while still retaining the power of the original. A new introduction is followed by a restatement of her earlier work with updated commentary.

Still strident after all these years, prominent feminist author and activist Chesler here updates her classic on female psychology. With an extensive bibliography recommended for a new generation of public library users and for all women's studies and mental health collections.' - Antoinette Brinkman, The Library Journal 'In a text richly textured with classical and research references, she revisits her original study of psychiatric bias and oppression.Filled with cogent insights and applications to contemporary issues.the book embodies enough revision to make it relevant while still retaining the power of the original.

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