Au bonheur des dames 

Au bonheur des dames 

Surprisingly, Lisa Appignanesi makes little reference to female criminals in Mad, Bad and Sad, Women and the Mind Doctors (2008). That omission is interrogated here.  Is it an artifact of Appignanesi’s discourse, which entails a “feminist” vision of the history of psychiatry – a vision that by defin...

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Main Author: Corinne François-Denève
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: L’Harmattan 2010-12-01
Series:Droit et Cultures
Subjects:
Appignanesi
Female Offenders
Feminist Criticism
Gender Studies
Justice
Madness
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/2244
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spelling doaj-4fe7f16fed0042ccbeeb96de65b163da2020-11-25T00:45:30ZfraL’HarmattanDroit et Cultures0247-97882109-94212010-12-01602943Au bonheur des dames Corinne François-DenèveSurprisingly, Lisa Appignanesi makes little reference to female criminals in Mad, Bad and Sad, Women and the Mind Doctors (2008). That omission is interrogated here.  Is it an artifact of Appignanesi’s discourse, which entails a “feminist” vision of the history of psychiatry – a vision that by definition leaves no place for “delinquent” women? Or is it feminine criminality itself that remains in the margins of traditional legal and criminological analysis – since in those terms, the “criminal” woman cannot but be insane?  http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/2244AppignanesiFemale OffendersFeminist CriticismGender StudiesJusticeMadness
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Female Offenders
Feminist Criticism
Gender Studies
Justice
Madness
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description Surprisingly, Lisa Appignanesi makes little reference to female criminals in Mad, Bad and Sad, Women and the Mind Doctors (2008). That omission is interrogated here.  Is it an artifact of Appignanesi’s discourse, which entails a “feminist” vision of the history of psychiatry – a vision that by definition leaves no place for “delinquent” women? Or is it feminine criminality itself that remains in the margins of traditional legal and criminological analysis – since in those terms, the “criminal” woman cannot but be insane?  
topic Appignanesi
Female Offenders
Feminist Criticism
Gender Studies
Justice
Madness
url http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/2244
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