Sexual Difference: Masculinity and Psychoanalysis

by Stephen Frosh

Overview

Sexual Difference is a critical exploration of psychoanalytic theories of sexual difference. In particular it explores the way in which masculinity is expressed in theory and practice. Developing from the unsettling impact of these issues on the author's own professional practice, Stephen Frosh examines how the very language and structure of psychoanalysis are loaded with assumptions about gender.
Employing both Kleinian and Lacanian theoretical perspectives this book critically examines these approacheds to sexial difference. In addition, it discusses the application of these issues in the practice of treating sexual violence and in cases of child secual abuse.
Sexual Difference will be of value to all trainees and professionals in psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, psychology and social work, as well as all those with an interest in 'masculinity', 'femininity' and their effects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134915910
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Stephen Frosh

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Finding Sexual Difference 2. Psychoanalysis and Sexual Difference 3. Inside the Dream 4. Masculine Mastery and Fantasy, Or the Meaning of the Phallus 5. The Seeds of Masculine Sexuality 6. Transgressing Sexual Difference References Index