That Obscure Subject of Desire: Freud's Female Homosexual Revisited
That Obscure Subject of Desire is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the topic of Freud's "Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman." Freud's case study has received very little attention, which the editors argue is a sign of the marginalizing of lesbians both in psychoanalytic theory and in culture. This book provides a much-needed forum to discuss the case and its relevance to contemporary concerns —including the compatibility of psychoanalysis and queer theory and the...
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That Obscure Subject of Desire is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the topic of Freud's "Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman." Freud's case study has received very little attention, which the editors argue is a sign of the marginalizing of lesbians both in psychoanalytic theory and in culture. This book provides a much-needed forum to discuss the case and its relevance to contemporary concerns —including the compatibility of psychoanalysis and queer theory and the viability of writing unbiased psychoanalytic accounts of lesbian development. The collection also brings to life two dramas played out in Freud's case: the personal drama of his power struggle with his subject, and the pervasive anti-Semitism of his social world, which he projected onto women and gay/lesbian individuals. Putting Freud's vision into context, the contributors provide a corrective to the current trend of dismissing his works and show that there remains much to consider and value in his thinking.
Introduction: In the Shadow of Freud1Pt. IThe Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Women1The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman (1920)13Pt. IIContributions from Academic Scholars2Letter to an Unknown Woman373Fallen Women: "The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman"544Who Was That Girl?765Lying Dreams876The Failure of Liberalism101Pt. IIIContributions from Psychoanalysts7Designing the Lesbian Subject: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards1158Las Mujeres: Women Speak to the Word of the Father1309Conduct Unbecoming: Female Inversion and Social Disorder14110Gender as Contradiction15611Freud, The Revival18012The Female Homosexual: C'est Nous19713Writing Sex, Erasing Race: Rereading Freud's Lesbian Dream215Pt. IVDiscussion14Unfinished Business233List of Contributors257Permissions259Index260
