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Psychology has traditionally examined human experience from a realist perspective, focusing on observable 'facts'. This is especially so in areas of psychology which focus on the body, such as sexuality, madness or reproduction. In contrast, many sociologists, anthropologists and feminists have focused exclusively on the cultural and communicative aspects of 'the body' treating it purely as an object constructed within socio-cultural discourse.This new collection of sophisticated discursive analyses explores this divide from a variety of theoretical standpoints, including psychoanalysis,

Body, Human. --- Body, Human - Social aspects. --- Discursive psychology. --- Feminism. --- Human reproduction. --- Materialism. --- Mental illness. --- Mind and body. --- Physiology. --- Psychology. --- Sex (Psychology). --- Social aspects. --- Somatotypes. --- Women. --- Human body --- Social aspects --- Discursive psychology --- Women --- Psychology --- Mental illness --- Psychological aspects --- Sex (Psychology) --- Materialism --- Physiology --- Human reproduction --- Feminist theory.

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Nominated for the 2012 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology!Why are women more likely to be positioned or diagnosed as mad than men?If madness is a social construction, a gendered label, as many feminist critics would argue, how can we understand and explain women's prolonged misery and distress? In turn, can we prevent or treat women's distress, in a non-pathologising women centred way? The Madness of Women addresses these questions through a rigorous exploration of the myths and realities of women's madness.