Psychoanalysis and Gender : An Introductory Reader

ISBN-13: 9780415092203 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 334 str.

Rosalind Minsky

Opis

What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? In this book, the author answers these questions, offering students an overview of the subject.

Recenzje

'Offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to key writers, texts, and issues ... intelligently organized, thought-provoking and extremely well-written.' - Susan Sellers, St Johns College, Cambridge

Spis treści

I: Part I; Introduction: psychoanalysis and the unconscious; 1: Freud: the rejection of femininity; 2: Klein: phantasy and the mother; 3: Winnicott: the ‘good enough' mother; 4: Lacan: the meaning of the phallus; 5: Feminist interpretations; 6: Conclusions; II: Part II; 7: Sigmund Freud, Femininity' (1933); 8: Melanie Klein, ‘A Study of Envy and Gratitude' (1956); 9: Donald Winnicott, from ‘Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena' (1971); 10: Jacques Lacan, ‘The Meaning of the Phallus' (1958); 11: Julia Kristeva, from ‘Woman's Time' (1981); 12: Luce Irigaray, from Speculum of the Other Woman (1985)

O autorze

Rosalind Minsky