Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader
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 Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader Rosalind Minsky answers these questions and more, offering students a clear, straightforward overview without ever losing them in jargon.
In the first section Minsky outlines the fundamentals of the theory, introducing the key thinkers and providing clear commentary. In the second section, the theory is demonstrated by an anthology of seminal essays which includes:
* Feminity by Sigmund Freud
* Envy and Gratitude by Melanie Klein
* An extract from Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena by Donald Winnicot
* The Meaning of the Phallus by Jacques Lacan
* An extract from Women's Time by Julia Kristeva
* An extract from Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray
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Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader
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 Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader Rosalind Minsky answers these questions and more, offering students a clear, straightforward overview without ever losing them in jargon.
In the first section Minsky outlines the fundamentals of the theory, introducing the key thinkers and providing clear commentary. In the second section, the theory is demonstrated by an anthology of seminal essays which includes:
* Feminity by Sigmund Freud
* Envy and Gratitude by Melanie Klein
* An extract from Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena by Donald Winnicot
* The Meaning of the Phallus by Jacques Lacan
* An extract from Women's Time by Julia Kristeva
* An extract from Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray
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Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader

Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader

by Rosalind Minsky
Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader

Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader

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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 Psychoanalysis and Gender: An Introductory Reader Rosalind Minsky answers these questions and more, offering students a clear, straightforward overview without ever losing them in jargon.
In the first section Minsky outlines the fundamentals of the theory, introducing the key thinkers and providing clear commentary. In the second section, the theory is demonstrated by an anthology of seminal essays which includes:
* Feminity by Sigmund Freud
* Envy and Gratitude by Melanie Klein
* An extract from Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena by Donald Winnicot
* The Meaning of the Phallus by Jacques Lacan
* An extract from Women's Time by Julia Kristeva
* An extract from Speculum of the Other Woman by Luce Irigaray

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415092203
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/14/1995
Series: Critical Readers in Theory and Practice
Pages: 334
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rosalind Minsky

Table of Contents

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)
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