Essays about: "premenstrual change"

Found 2 essays containing the words premenstrual change.

1. 1. Agency, Resistance and Embodiment in The Context of PMS : a Qualitative Study

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Andrea Nordlander; [2018]
   Keywords : PMS; premenstrual change; agency; resistance; embodiment; sisterhood;

   Abstract : Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) was originally coined to describe the various changes that many women experience the days before their period. Today, we understand PMS as a complex phenomenon that not only involves the materiality of the body, but also discursive ideas and cultural mythology around women and femininity. READ MORE

3. 2. Diagnostic Powers : What a new diagnosis tells us about current workings of medicine.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Malin Lorensson; [2016]
   Keywords : Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; PMDD; Biomedicalisation; Biopower; Contested Diagnosis;

   Abstract : This essay researches current workings of medicine in relation to contested, female diagnoses. This is made by looking at the construction of the new psychological diagnosis Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Swedish media, and relating it to a current trend seen in medicine; to medicalize women’s underperformance. READ MORE