The Myth of Empowerment: Women and the Therapeutic Culture in America
- ISBN-10
- 0814738400
- ISBN-13
- 9780814738405
- Category
- Power (Social sciences)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- Dana Becker
Description
Becker questions what women have had to gain from these ideas as she recounts the story of where they have been led and where the therapeutic culture is taking them.
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