Women's bodies in psychoanalysis
Why has the female body been marginalised in psychoanalysis, with a focus on female problems and pains only? How can we begin to think about body pleasure, power, competition and aggression as normal in females? In Women's Bodies in Psychoanalysis, Rosemary Balsam argues that re-tracing theoret...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hove, East Sussex :
New York NY : Routledge
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798252006719 |
| Sumario: | Why has the female body been marginalised in psychoanalysis, with a focus on female problems and pains only? How can we begin to think about body pleasure, power, competition and aggression as normal in females? In Women's Bodies in Psychoanalysis, Rosemary Balsam argues that re-tracing theoretical steps back to the biological body's attributes is fruitful in searching for the clues of our mental development. She shows that the female biological body, across female gender variants and sexual preferences, including the 'vanished pregnant body', has been largely overlooked in |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135137014 9781283521222 9786613833679 9780203078327 9781135137021 |
