The interpretation of the flesh : Freud and femininity / Teresa Brennan.

The 'riddle of femininity', like Freud's reference to women's sexuality as a 'dark continent', has been treated as a romantic aside or a sexist evasion rather than as a problem to be solved. In this first comprehensive study, Teresa Brennan suggests that by placing thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brennan, Teresa, 1952-2003
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
Subjects:	Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Contributions in psychology of femininity. Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 Freud, Sigmund > 1856-1939 Freud, Sigmund. 1900-1999 Femininity. Femininity > History > 20th century. Psychoanalysis and feminism. Mind and body. Psychoanalysis. Gender identity. psychoanalysis. sex role. PSYCHOLOGY > Human Sexuality. Psychoanalysis Gender identity Femininity Mind and body Psychoanalysis and feminism Feminismus Psychoanalyse Weiblichkeit Psychoanalyse. Vrouwelijkheid. Psychanalyse et femmes. Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

1. The riddle of femininity. Freud's two theories of femininity. Metapsychology and the two 'spatial' topographies. Psychical reality: time lost. Memory guide
2. The riddle's repression. Freud's three papers on femininity, female sexuality, and the 'Great Debate'. Subsequent developments. The second debate. Freud's last words
3. The division of attention. The Studies on hysteria. The divergence from Breuer. Constructed inertia. The defence of repression
4. The involution of the drives. The analogy theory and the libido. The quantitative factor. The unclear origins of the drives. Involution: femininity and the 1911 theory of the ego. Hypothesizing
5. The original superego. Freud and the Superego. Freud and Klein. Love and Hate. Masochism
6. Conclusion: the riddle again.

The interpretation of the flesh : Freud and femininity / Teresa Brennan.

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