Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave
Get a feminist perspective on important changes in psychoanalysis!\ Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave examines recent changes in psychoanalysis that have opened the door for new perspectives on same-sex desire. Authors from a variety of disciplines and theoretical orientations combine feminism with psychoanalytic and postmodern theories to celebrate diversity in gender and sexual experience. This collection of lesbian-affirmative writings addresses transference and...
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Psychoanalytically influenced contributors write about lesbian concerns now that efforts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual scholars have created more latitude than previously to use psychoanalysis to study sexual orientation and gender. They cover personal and political perspectives on community and history, ongoing clinical issues, and new thinking on sexuality and gender. The 12 articles are also published as the Journal of Lesbian Studies vol. 8, nos. 1/2 (2004). Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Introduction : lesbians, feminism, and psychoanalysis : the second wave1Lesbian psychoanalytic foremothers making waves : interviews with Joanne Spina, Lee Crespi and Judy Levitz11It takes a community45African American lesbians and other culturally diverse people in psychodynamic psychotherapies : useful paradigms or oxymoron?57Building lesbian sandcastles on the shore of relational psychoanalysis79Disclosure and the development of trust in the therapeutic setting95Clinical success, political failure? : reflections on the "interiority" of abusive lesbian relations107Transference and countertransference in therapy with lesbian patients : contrasting views from lesbian and heterosexual therapists123Lesbian tomboys and "evolutionary butch"143The queering of relational psychoanalysis : who's topping whom?159Engorging the lesbian clitoris : opposing the phallic cultural unconscious177Perilous crossings : tales of gender, identification, and exiled desires191
