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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.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.
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Introduction, Ronnie C. Lesser; Part I The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman; Chapter 1 The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman ( )., Sigmund Freud; Part II Contributions from Academic Scholars; Chapter 2 Letter to an Unknown Woman, Teresa de Lauretis; Chapter 3 Fallen Women, Diana Fuss; Chapter 4 Who was that Girl?, John H. Gagnon; Chapter 5 Lying Dreams, Brenda Wineapple; Chapter 6 The Failure of Liberalism, David Woolwine; Part III Contributions from Psychoanalysts; Chapter 7 Designing the Lesbian Subject, Ann D’Ercole; Chapter 8 Las Mujeres, RoseMarie Pérez Foster; Chapter 9 Conduct Unbecoming, Carolyn C. Grey; Chapter 10 Gender as Contradiction, Adrienne Harris; Chapter 11 Freud, The Revival, Linda I. Meyers; Chapter 12 The Female Homosexual, Donald Moss, Lynne Zeavin; Chapter 13 Writing Sex, Erasing Race, Erica Schoenberg; Part IV Discussion; Chapter 14 Unfinished Business, Muriel Dimen;
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Ronnie C. Lesser and Erica Schoenberg are psychoanalysts in private practice in New York City and Westchester. Dr. Lesser is co-editor of Disorienting Sexuality:Psychoanalytic Reappraisals of Sexual Identities (Routledge, 1995) and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy. Dr. Schoenberg is a book review editor for the same journal and a supervisor at the Institute for Human Identity.
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An interdisciplinary collection of papers on Freud's sixth and final case psychogenesis of a case of homosexuality in a woman. To date this case has received very little attention, which can be seen as a sign of the marginalization of lesbians in both psychoanalytic theory and culture. This text seeks to rectify this neglect, providing a forum where questions surrounding this case can be discussed.
This edition first published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
