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Women and Psychology

Series Editor: Jane Ussher

This series brings together current theory and research on women and psychology. Drawing on scholarship from a number of different areas of psychology, it bridges the gap between abstract research and the reality of women's lives by integrating theory and practice, research and policy.

Each book addresses a 'cutting edge' issue of research, covering topics such as postnatal depression and eating disorders, and addressing a wide range of theories and methodologies.

The series provides accessible and concise accounts of key issues in the study of women and psychology, and clearly demonstrates the centrality of psychology debates within women's studies or feminism.

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Femininity and the Physically Active Woman

By Precilla Y. L. Choi

Series: Women and Psychology

Why do fewer women than men exercise? What is the ‘sporty’ type? The fitness boom of the last two decades has led to many people incorporating exercise into their lifestyles through activities such as jogging and aerobics. However, whilst many physical and psychological health benefits have been...

Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
Fat Lives

A Feminist Psychological Exploration

By Irmgard Tischner

Series: Women and Psychology

Ever caught somebody – or yourself – checking out the content of a ‘fat’ person’s supermarket trolley? Ever wondered what lies behind this behaviour, or what it might be like to be at the receiving end of this judging gaze? Within the context of the current ‘obesity debate’, this book...

Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge
The Madness of Women

Myth and Experience

By Jane M. Ussher

Series: Women and Psychology

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...

Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge
'Adolescence', Pregnancy and Abortion

Constructing a Threat of Degeneration

By Catriona I. Macleod

Series: Women and Psychology

Winner of the Rhodes University Vice-Chancellor's Book Award 2012! Winner of the 2011 Distinguished Publication Award of the Association for Women in Psychology! Why, despite evidence to the contrary, does the narrative of the negative consequences of teenage pregnancy, abortion and childbearing...

Published June 29th 2010 by Routledge Academic
Domestic Violence and Psychology

A Critical Perspective

By Paula Nicolson

Series: Women and Psychology

This book rethinks the way psychological knowledge of domestic violence has typically been constructed. It puts forward a psychological perspective which is both critical of the traditional ‘woman blaming’ stance, as well as being at odds with the feminist position that men are wholly to blame...

Published June 16th 2010 by Routledge
Hard Knocks

Domestic Violence and the Psychology of Storytelling

By Janice Haaken

Series: Women and Psychology

This book draws on interviews carried out over a period of eight years, as well as novels, films, and domestic violence literature, to explain the role of storytelling in the history of the battered women’s movement. The author shows how cultural contexts shape how stories about domestic abuse get...

Published April 27th 2010 by Routledge
The Gendered Unconscious

Can Gender Discourses Subvert Psychoanalysis?

By Louise Gyler

Series: Women and Psychology

Feminist interventions in psychoanalysis have often attempted either to subvert or re-frame the masculinist and phallocentric biases of Freud's psychoanalysis. This book investigates the nature of these interventions by comparing the status and treatment of women in two different psychoanalytic...

Published March 24th 2010 by Routledge
Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse

Feminist Revolutions in Theory, Research and Practice

By Sam Warner

Series: Women and Psychology

Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, it has long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine current perceptions...

Published December 18th 2008 by Routledge
Women and Depression

Recovery and Resistance

By Michelle N. Lafrance

Series: Women and Psychology

Women and Depression: Recovery and Resistance takes a welcome look at women’s experiences of living well after depression. Lafrance argues that the social construction of femininity is dangerous for women’s health, and ultimately, central to their experiences of depression. Beginning with a...

Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge
Maternal Encounters

The Ethics of Interruption

By Lisa Baraitser

Series: Women and Psychology

Winner of the 2009 Feminist & Women's Studies Association (UK & Ireland) Book Award! Many women find mothering a shocking experience in terms of the extremity of feelings it provokes, and the profound changes it seems to prompt in identity, relationship and sense of self. However,...

Published October 30th 2008 by Routledge