Psychoanalytic Exploration of Female to Male Transition

Drawing on theory from a range of schools of psychoanalytic thought, this timely book addresses and explores the phenomenon of the increasing number of people who were assigned female at birth and now identify as male, and what might underly the cultural pull to remove femaleness from self and body.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Melancholy of Anatomy 2. Body of Guilt 3. Matricide: Femininity Revoked 4. Bespoke Masculinity 5. Bespoke Temporality 6. No Man's Land Conclusion

About the author

Serena Heller, PhD, is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice in London, UK. She supervises, teaches and is a training therapist for child, adolescent, and adult trainings.

Summary

Drawing on theory from a range of schools of psychoanalytic thought, this timely book addresses and explores the phenomenon of the increasing number of people who were assigned female at birth and now identify as male, and what might underly the cultural pull to remove femaleness from self and body.

Product details

• Authors: Serena Heller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032718576
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3271857-6
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychotherapy, Social and cultural history, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Gender studies: transgender & intersex, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis