Women, Madness, and Spiritualism: Georgina Weldon and Louisa Lowe

Released on by Roy Porter
preview-18

  • Women, Madness, and Spiritualism: Georgina Weldon and Louisa Lowe Book Detail

  • Author : Roy Porter
  • Release Date : 2003
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 376
  • ISBN 13 : 9780415276344
  • File Size : 78,78 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Women, Madness, and Spiritualism: Georgina Weldon and Louisa Lowe by Roy Porter PDF Summary

Book Description: This set reproduces seminal writings by three exceptional nineteenth-century women. Georgina Weldon, Louisa Lowe and Susan Willis Fletcher were certified as insane by the Victorian medical establishment and were threatened with incarceration for their eccentric and transgressive behaviour. All three were remarkably resourceful and very successfully manipulated the sensationalist press to expose the 'lunacy laws' to the late-Victorian public. In doing this, they contributed to the emerging feminist critique of medicine and science. Each volume is devoted to the work of one of these exceptional women. New introductions by the editors and the late Roy Porter provide context and discussion of the pieces included, pointing to the themes and issues that they raise. With an extensive index, this collection provides an invaluable resource for those studying the role of feminism in the history of medicine and the power of the medical profession in the Victorian era.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Women, Madness, and Spiritualism: Georgina Weldon and Louisa Lowe books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Women and Madness

Women and Madness

File Size : 13,13 MB
Total View : 9392 Views
DOWNLOAD

Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972.