Essential Papers on the Psychology of Women

This book is important reading for those concerned specifically about psychoanalysis of women and/or women's development and for those interested generally in the role of culture and history in the development of theory.

About the author

Claudia Zanardi, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at New York University and the University of Milan, Italy. Her writings, which have appeared in psychoanalytic journals and books, are on the subject of the contribution of feminism to psychoanalytic theory and practice. She is the co-editor of Symptoms Body Femininity: From Hysteria to Bulimia.

Summary

Approaches the development of psychoanalytic theories of women on two fronts: the psychoanalytic and the political. This book draws attention to the influence of the Women's Liberation Movement on psychoanalytic theory.

Product details

• Authors: Latin American Bureau, Claudia Zanardi
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1990
• EAN: 9780814796689
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-9668-9
• No. of pages: 510
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 228 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 786 g
• Series: Essential Papers in Psychoanal; Essential Papers on Psychoanalysis; Essential Papers on Psychoanalysis; Essential Papers on Psychoanal
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology