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Behind the Mask: Destruction and Creativity in Women's Aggression

by Dana Crowley Jack

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Drawing from sixty in-depth interviews, Dana Crowley Jack provides a rich account of how women explain (or explain away) their hidden or actual acts of hurt to others. Arguing that aggression arises from failures in relationships, Jack portrays the many forms aggression can take as women struggle with internal and external demons, reconnect with others, and stand their ground in a society that expects women to be yielding, empathetic, and supportive.

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"[Jack] deftly combines a feminist power perspective with psychological insights to explain a wide variety of societal problems like sexual harassment, eating disorders, depression, difficulties for women in traditional male occupations, and domestic violence." Library Journal

Synopsis:

This boldly original book explores the origins, meanings, and forms of women's aggression. Drawing from in-depth interviews with sixty women of different ages and ethnic and class backgrounds--police officers, attorneys, substance abusers, homemakers, artists--Dana Jack provides a rich account of how women explain (or explain away) their own hidden or actual acts of hurt to others. With sensitivity but without sentimentality, Jack gives readers a range of compelling stories of how women channel, either positively or destructively, their own powerful force and of how they resist and retaliate in the face of others' aggression in a society that expects women to be yielding, empathetic, and supportive.

Arguing that aggression arises from failures in relationships, Jack portrays the many forms that women's aggression can take, from veiled approaches used to resist, control, and take vengeance on others, to aggression that reflects despair, to aggression that may be a hopeful sign of new strength. Throughout the book, Jack shows the positive sides of aggression as women struggle with internal and external demons, reconnect with others, and create the courage to stand their ground. This work broadens our understanding of aggression as an interpersonal phenomenon rooted in societal expectations, and offers exciting new approaches for exploring the variations of this vexing human experience.

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About the Author

Dana Crowley Jack teaches at Fairhaven, an interdisciplinary college of Western Washington University.

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Table of Contents

Hearkening to Women's Voices

1. The Puzzle of Aggression

2. Ways of Occupying Space

3. Why Not Hurt Others?

4. The Rage of Disconnection

5. Masking Aggression

6. Creating New Ground

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780674005372

Author:

Jack, Dana Crowley

Publisher:

Harvard University Press

Subject:

General

Subject:

Women's Studies

Subject:

Personality

Subject:

Psychopathology - General

Subject:

Women's Studies - General

Subject:

Psychology - Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorders

Copyright:

1999

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Publication Date:

March 2001

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

none

Pages:

332

Dimensions:

8.875 x 5.6875 in .93 lb

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Product details 332 pages Harvard University Press - 2001-03-00 English 9780674005372 Reviews:

"Review" by Library Journal, "[Jack] deftly combines a feminist power perspective with psychological insights to explain a wide variety of societal problems like sexual harassment, eating disorders, depression, difficulties for women in traditional male occupations, and domestic violence."

"Synopsis" by Harvard, This boldly original book explores the origins, meanings, and forms of women's aggression. Drawing from in-depth interviews with sixty women of different ages and ethnic and class backgrounds--police officers, attorneys, substance abusers, homemakers, artists--Dana Jack provides a rich account of how women explain (or explain away) their own hidden or actual acts of hurt to others. With sensitivity but without sentimentality, Jack gives readers a range of compelling stories of how women channel, either positively or destructively, their own powerful force and of how they resist and retaliate in the face of others' aggression in a society that expects women to be yielding, empathetic, and supportive.

Arguing that aggression arises from failures in relationships, Jack portrays the many forms that women's aggression can take, from veiled approaches used to resist, control, and take vengeance on others, to aggression that reflects despair, to aggression that may be a hopeful sign of new strength. Throughout the book, Jack shows the positive sides of aggression as women struggle with internal and external demons, reconnect with others, and create the courage to stand their ground. This work broadens our understanding of aggression as an interpersonal phenomenon rooted in societal expectations, and offers exciting new approaches for exploring the variations of this vexing human experience.