Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness by Barbara Ehrenreich

Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness

Barbara Ehrenreich with Deirdre English

96 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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From prescribing the "rest cure" to diagnosing hysteria, the medical profession has consistently treated women as weak and pathological. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English's concise history of the sexual politics of medical practices shows how...

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