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Author Becker, Dana.

Title The myth of empowerment : women and the therapeutic culture in America / Dana Becker.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2005]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.1082 B395M    Check Shelf
Description xii, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- In the self's country: individualism in America -- Romancing the self: from mind cure to psychotherapy -- American nervousness and the social uses of science -- Long day's journey: from sentimental power to professional expertise -- Interlude: feminism and the ongoing dialectic of equality versus difference -- Psychological woman dn the paradox of relational individualism -- The myth of empowerment -- American nervousness redux: women and the discourse of stress
Subject Women -- Mental health -- United States -- History.
Women -- Mental health -- United States -- Social aspects.
Women -- United States -- Psychology.
Power (Social sciences)
Women and psychoanalysis.
Women -- psychology -- United States.
Ego -- United States.
Individuality -- United States.
Power, Psychological -- United States.
Psychotherapy -- United States.
ISBN 0814799256 cloth alkaline paper
9780814799253 cloth alkaline paper
0814799361 paperback alkaline paper
9780814799369 paperback alkaline paper
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