Incredible Women

Chronic Pain and Disbelief Across History, Society, and Theology
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-05945-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 329 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 556 g

This book explores the ‘gender pain gap’—the systemic disparities in how women’s chronic pain and illness are perceived, believed, and treated. Focusing especially on conditions without visible markers, Eilidh Galbraith examines why women’s pain remains socially, culturally, and theologically problematic. Through interdisciplinary analysis and qualitative storytelling, she investigates how power dynamics shape medical responses and influence women’s credibility as narrators of their own suffering. Drawing on feminist theology, trauma studies, and health research, Galbraith weaves together her own experiences with those of other women to reveal how silence and disbelief impact health outcomes and identity. This deeply personal study challenges dominant narratives and calls for a more compassionate, justice-oriented approach to women’s pain.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galbraith, Eilidh

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I Hysteria: A HIStory of Women’s Bodies.- Chapter 2.   ‘Misbegotten Men’.- Chapter 3.   Wandering Wombs.- Chapter 4. Mad Women.- Chapter 5. Trauma: The Artist Formerly Known as Hysteria.- Chapter 6.   Walking Wombs with Hysterical Tendencies.- Chapter 7. Reproductive Autonomy or Reproductive Control?.- Part II  The Gender Health Gap.- Chapter 8. The Average Man and the Invisible Woman….- Chapter 9. ‘The Average White Woman’.- Chapter 10. ‘The Average Able-bodied, neurotypical woman’.- Chapter 11. The ‘Average cis-het’ Woman.- Chapter 12. The Average Young Slim Woman.- Chapter 13. The Gender Pain Gap.- Chapter 14. The Chronic Pain Gap.- Part III  (In)credible Women.- Chapter 15. Incredible Women.- Chapter 16. Gaslit.- Chapter 17. Do No Harm?.- Chapter 18. The ‘MeToo’ of Chronic Pain.- Chapter 19.  Not Recovery, but….

Über Autor(innen)

Eilidh Galbraith is a feminist practical theologian and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Aberdeen. Her research explores theology, trauma, and gender, focusing on health disparities and epistemic injustice. This is her second monograph, which extends her commitment to amplifying voices that are all too often silenced.