TY - BOOK
T1 - Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body
AU - Ussher, Jane M.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and popular culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, positioning the reproductive body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness. Including sections on 'regulation', 'the subjectification of women' and 'women's negotiation and resistance', this book describes the construction of the 'monstrous feminine' in mythology, art, literature and film, revealing its implications for the regulation and experience of the fecund female body. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material.
AB - Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and popular culture combine to produce fictions about femininity, positioning the reproductive body as the source of women's power, danger and weakness. Including sections on 'regulation', 'the subjectification of women' and 'women's negotiation and resistance', this book describes the construction of the 'monstrous feminine' in mythology, art, literature and film, revealing its implications for the regulation and experience of the fecund female body. Critical reviews are combined with case studies and extensive interview material.
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/10991
U2 - 10.4324/9780203328422
DO - 10.4324/9780203328422
M3 - Authored Book
SN - 9780415328104
BT - Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -