Ronnie Lesser / Erica Schoenberg (eds.)

That Obscure Subject of Desire

Freud's Female Homosexual Revisited
Herausgeber: Lesser, Ronnie; Schoenberg, Erica

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"That Obscure Subject of Desire is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the topic of Freud's "Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman." Freud's case study has received very little attention, which the editors argue is a sign of the marginalizing of lesbians both in psychoanalytic theory and in culture. This book provides a much-needed forum to discuss the case and its relevance to contemporary concerns --including the compatibility of psychoanalysis and queer theory and the viability of writing unbiased psychoanalytic accounts of lesbian development. The collection also brings to life two dramas played out in Freud's case: the personal drama of his power struggle with his subject, and the pervasive anti-Semitism of his social world, which he projected onto women and gay/lesbian individuals. Putting Freud's vision into context, the contributors provide a corrective to the current trend of dismissing his works and show that there remains much to consider and value in his thinking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9780415916714
• ISBN-10: 0415916712
• Artikelnr.: 22020592

Autorenporträt

Ronnie C. Lesser and Erica Schoenberg are psychoanalysts in private practice in New York City and Westchester. Dr. Lesser is co-editor of Disorienting Sexuality:Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of Sexual Identities (Routledge, 1995) and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy. Dr. Schoenberg is a book review editor for the same journal and a supervisor at the Institute for Human Identity.