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02534aam a22003734a 4500 001 22C4CD7C547E11E1B1ECBAD26AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120211010044 008 110316s2011 nyua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2011011650 020 $a 1558616950 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781558616950 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)708544298 040 $a DNLM/DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d NLM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d VP@ $d UKMGB $d IG# $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RG121 $b .E43 2011 060 00 $a 2011 I-691 060 00 $a WA 11 AA1 082 00 $a 362.1082 $2 22 100 1 $a Ehrenreich, Barbara. 245 1 $a Complaints and disorders : $b the sexual politics of sickness / $c Barbara Ehrenreich & Deirdre English. 250 $a 2nd ed. 260 $a New York : $b Feminist Press, $c 2011. 300 $a 173 p. : $b ill. ; $c 19 cm. 490 1 $a Contemporary classics. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p.165-173) 520 $a "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 this biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today.Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of many bestselling books, including Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America.Deirdre English, former editor of Mother Jones magazine, is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism"--Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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 the biomedical rationale was used to justify sex discrimination throughout the culture, and how its vestiges are evident in abortion policy and other reproductive rights struggles today"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women $x Sociological aspects. $x Sociological aspects. 700 1 $a English, Deirdre. 830 0 $a Contemporary classics (Feminist Press) 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20120211010418.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=22C4CD7C547E11E1B1ECBAD26AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search