Gendered moods : psychotropics and society / Elizabeth Ettorre and Elianne Riska.
Gendered moods : psychotropics and society / Elizabeth Ettorre and Elianne Riska.
Gendered moods : psychotropics and society / Elizabeth Ettorre and Elianne Riska.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N615.788/13
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 177 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: psychotropics and women - setting the scene -- 2. New challenges: the medical and sociological discourses -- 3. Social scientific perspectives: the 'users' and the 'providers' -- 4. Making gender visible: seeing 'layers' in the social construction of psychotropic drug use -- 5. Adve...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1995.
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Summary
Tranquillisers are prescribed twice as often to women as men, yet little gender-based research has been carried out on the social context of their use. Gendered Moods offers the first feminist analysis of the gendered character of psychotropic drug use, based on studies of long-term psychotropic drug users and the content of drug advertising. The a...
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Gendered moods : psychotropics and society / Elizabeth Ettorre and Elianne Riska.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-168) and indexes.
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N615.788/13
Record Identifier
74VMBXrVX0gg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBXrVX0gg
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ISBN
0415082145 (pbk.)
9780415082136
0415082137
9780415082143 (pbk.)
DDC
615.788
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991002406309702626
