Woman's Relationship with Herself: Gender, Foucault and Therapy

by Helen O'Grady

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415331277
• ISBN13: 9780415331272
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"