Woman's Relationship with Herself - Helen O'Grady

Woman's Relationship with Herself

Gender, Foucault and Therapy

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Buch | Softcover
160 Seiten
2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-33127-2 (ISBN)
53,60 inkl. MwSt
Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady explores the relationship women have with themselves and explores the link between debilitating practices of self-surveillance and the broader mechanisms of social control.
Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by debilitating practices of self-surveillance. Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady illuminates the link between this kind of self-surveillance and the broader mechanisms of social control, arguing that these negative practices prevent women from enjoying a satisfying, affirming relationship with themselves. Cultural factors that render women vulnerable to dissatisfying self-relations are identified and analysed and, drawing on the insights of Foucault, feminism and narrative therapy, the possibilities for developing a more empowering relationship with the self are examined.
This innovative contribution to feminist debates about gender and the self will be of interest to students and researchers in social psychology, feminist psychology, mental health studies and gender studies, and to practitioners in psychological therapies and counselling psychology.

Helen O'Grady

Introduction. A Lens for Viewing Self-policing. Gender and Self-policing. Challenging and Negative Identity Practices. Foucault and Therapy - A Contradiction? Immanent Critiques: Expanded Possibilities for Refusing Self-policing. An Ethic of Care for the Self. Can Therapy be Politically Progressive from a Feminist Perspective? Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 9.12.2004
Reihe/Serie Women and Psychology
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 249 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
ISBN-10 0-415-33127-7 / 0415331277
ISBN-13 978-0-415-33127-2 / 9780415331272
Zustand Neuware
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