Woman's Relationship with Herself Gender, Foucault and Therapy By: Helen O'Grady Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415331272, 0415331277 eText ISBN: 9781134328963, 1134328966 Edition: 1st Pages: 160 Copyright year: 2004 Format: EPUB Available from $ 19.58 USD SKU 9781134328963R90 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 Download ebook: https://ouo.io/dRyBnV
