Madwives by Carol A B Warren
An important contribution to the study of mental illness, gender roles, and family interaction. . . . An insightful and well-written book demonstrating the pervasive consequences of gender roles for the deepest levels of mind and emotion.--American Journal of Sociology Opens a window onto the lives of the mentally ill and their families.--Women's Review of Books Warren's analysis is painstaking and illuminating, and there is plenty of material here to interest those concerned with issues of gender and mental illness.--Times Higher Education Supplement The women make the author's major points in riveting fashion, speaking eloquently of enforced dependency and subjugation, the helplessness of rigid and constantly reinforced gender-role boundaries, and outright manipulation by their husbands.--Contemporary Psychology Can marriage make women go crazy? Carol Warren addresses this question by emphasizing the connections between gender-sterotypical behavior and the institutionalization of married women in the 1950s, using interviews collected . . . during 1957-61. . . . An interesting sociological reworking of the original pychologically oriented interpretation of the interviews.--Oral History Review Carol A. B. Warren is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas and author of The Court of Last Resort: Mental Illness and the Law.
"An important contribution to the study of mental illness, gender roles, and family interaction. . . An insightful and well-written book demonstrating the pervasive consequences of gender roles for the deepest levels of mind and emotion." * American Journal of Sociology *
"Opens a window onto the lives of the mentally ill and their families." * Women's Review of Books *
"Warren's analysis is painstaking and illuminating, and there is plenty of material here to interest those concerned with issues of gender and mental illness." * Times Higher Education Supplement *
"The women make the author's major points in riveting fashion, speaking eloquently of enforced dependency and subjugation, the helplessness of rigid and constantly reinforced gender-role boundaries, and outright manipulation by their husbands." * Contemporary Psychology *
"Can marriage make women go crazy? Carol Warren addresses this question by emphasizing the connections between gender-sterotypical behavior and the institutionalization of married women in the 1950s, using interviews collected . . . during 1957-61. . . . An interesting sociological reworking of the original pychologically oriented interpretation of the interviews." * Oral History Review *
"Opens a window onto the lives of the mentally ill and their families." * Women's Review of Books *
"Warren's analysis is painstaking and illuminating, and there is plenty of material here to interest those concerned with issues of gender and mental illness." * Times Higher Education Supplement *
"The women make the author's major points in riveting fashion, speaking eloquently of enforced dependency and subjugation, the helplessness of rigid and constantly reinforced gender-role boundaries, and outright manipulation by their husbands." * Contemporary Psychology *
"Can marriage make women go crazy? Carol Warren addresses this question by emphasizing the connections between gender-sterotypical behavior and the institutionalization of married women in the 1950s, using interviews collected . . . during 1957-61. . . . An interesting sociological reworking of the original pychologically oriented interpretation of the interviews." * Oral History Review *
CAROL A. B. WARREN is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas and author of The Court of Last Resort: Mental Illness and the Law.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813516899 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813516897 |
| Title | Madwives |
| Author | Carol A B Warren |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 1987-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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