
The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture by Elaine Showalter

The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture by Elaine Showalter
The Female Malady: Women, Madness, and English Culture by Elaine Showalter

while the name of the symbolic female disorder may change from one historical period to the next, the gender asymmetry of the representational tradition remains constant.