The interpretation of the flesh : Freud and femininity /
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Summary: | 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 these ideas in the context of Freud's work as a whole, we will begin to understand why femininity was such a riddle for Freud. Brennan argues that by turning to Freud's work and his concrete questions about femininity, a psychical state which occurs in men and women alike, the problem is clearly a soluble one, provided that Freud's concern with energy is taken into account. The real riddle of femininity is as much a problem for thinking about physicality as a problem for the subject who suffers from what Freud described as 'femininity's negative effects on curiosity, intelligence and activity. |
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Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index. |
ISBN: | 0203011104 9780203011102 0203162005 9780203162002 9780415074483 0415074487 9780415074490 0415074495 9786610335282 6610335281 |