For Her Own Good
Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women
$33.94
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2005
Summary
From the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed and a former editor in chief of Mother Jones, this women’s history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science.
Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what women should do for their own good. Among the experts’ diagnoses and remedies: menstruation was an illness requiring seclusion; pregnancy, a disabling condition; and hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400078004 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400078008 |
| Author: | Barbara Ehrenreich, Deirdre English |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 132mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“A splendidly bold and readable review of medical, psychological and social theory since the industrial revolution.”—The Guardian (London)
“A landmark work: It changes everything one believed before about doctors, scientists, and all other kinds of patriarchal experts. The most important work on women since The Feminine Mystique.”–Claudia Dreifus, author of Seizing Our Bodies, The Politics of Women’s Health Care
“For Her Own Good gives us a perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of childhood, unlike any we have had. I have read it with mounting intellectual excitement, underlining, marking pages, arguing form start to finish with its authors in my head. It is humanly and theoretically fascinating, written with clarity, wit, and verve and with a deep concern for the future.”–Adrienne Rich
“For Her Own Good … uses rationality informed by moral insight to meet the ‘experts’ head-on.“—The Boston Globe
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich has written and lectured widely on subjects related to health care and women’s issues. She has contributed articles to Time, Harper’s, and The New York Times Book Review, among others. She is the bestselling author of nearly 20 books including Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch.
Deirdre English has written, taught, and edited work on a wide array of subjects related to investigative reporting, cultural politics, and public policy. She has contributed to Mother Jones, The Nation, and The New York Times Book Review, among other publications, and to public radio and television.
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