Sexual Subjects - Lesbians, Gender and Psychoanalysis

List of contents

Resistance
A Lesbian Is . . .A Lesbian is Not
It's a Queer Universe . . . Some Notes Erotic and Otherwise
The Gendered Self . . . A Question of Subjectivities
Generativity Redux
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Motherhood
Coming Out / Being Heard

About the author

Adria E. Schwartz is Supervising Analyst at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis and is on the faculties of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and Mt. Sinai Medical Center's Department of Psychiatry. She has a private practice in New York City.

Summary

Informed by gender theory, "queer" theory and feminism, this text addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians and sexuality in the postmodern age. Using clinical anecdotes to demonstrate theory, the author questions the construction of categories of identity and reference.

Additional text

"Sexual Subjects weaves the diverse strands of theory currently grappling with sex and gender--relational psychoanalysis, feminism and queer theory, postmodernism--into a highly readable and lucid account of lesbian sexuality. To this well-spun web of theory Schwartz adds the fine-tuned wisdom of the clinician deeply immersed in the subtle issues of contemporary psychoanalytic practice. Schwartz's intelligence will speak to analysts and readers of theory alike." -- Jessica Benjamin, author of The Bonds of Love, Like Subjects, Love Objects, and Shadow of the Other.
"Sexual Subjects weaves the diverse strands of theory currently grappling with sex and gender--relational psychoanalysis, feminism and queer theory, postmodernism--into a highly readable and lucid account of lesbian sexuality. To this well-spun web of theory Schwartz adds the fine-tuned wisdom of the clinician deeply immersed in the subtle issues of contemporary psychoanalytic practice. Schwartz's intelligence will speak to analysts and readers of theory alike." -- Jessica Benjamin, author of The Bonds of Love, Like Subjects, Love Objects, and Shadow of the Other.

Product details

• Authors: Adria E. Schwartz, Schwartz Adria E.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780415910934
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91093-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychology: sexual behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Lesbian Studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis