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Woman's Relationship with Herself
Helen O'Grady
其他書名
Gender, Foucault and Therapy
出版Psychology Press, 2005
主題Philosophy / Movements / StructuralismPsychology / GeneralPsychology / Psychotherapy / CounselingPsychology / Human SexualityPsychology / Psychotherapy / GeneralPsychology / Mental HealthSelf-Help / Personal Growth / Self-EsteemSocial Science / Feminism & Feminist TheorySocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Women's StudiesSocial Science / Gender Studies
ISBN04153312779780415331272
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bvC4j9IypjQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.