Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary (Blackwell Reference)

Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary (Blackwell Reference)

by E.L.Wright (Editor)

Synopsis

Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary is of major interest to those who are aware of the breadth of its two component areas, and wish to explore the common ground between them more intensively. Entries deal with concepts from and significant figures in psychoanalysis, issues of sexual politics that intersect with psychoanalysis, feminist aesthetics and criticism which both use and challenge psychoanalytic thought. Each entry concludes with a short, carefully selected list of further reading.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 504
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 09 Jul 1992

ISBN 10: 0631183477
ISBN 13: 9780631183471

Media Reviews
Not only a work of reference, but an indispensable guide to the territory of feminist argument. Parveen Adams, Brunel University The entries are written by many of the best writers in the field; the bibliographies are invaluable ... Does an excellent job naming and covering the variety of issues at stake. Jane Gallop, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Impeccably researched, as well as lucidly written. Madelon Sprengnether, University of Minnesota This Dictionary will be an essential resource for anyone undertaking research in the area of a feminism and psychoanalysisa . Morag Shiach, British Journal of Psychotherapy
Author Bio
Elizabeth Wright is Lecturer and Fellow in German at Girton College, Cambridge. Her main work has been in psychoanalytic literary criticism and she has written extensively in this area. Her books include Psychoanalytic Criticism: Theory in Practice (1984) and Postmodern Brecht: A Re-Presentation (1989).

Advisory Editors:

Dianne Chisholm, Assistant Professor of English, University of Alberta.

Juliet Flower MacCannell, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine.

Margaret Whitford, Reader in French, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.