Femininity and Psychoanalysis

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Femininity and PsychoanalysisCinema, Culture, Theory\nAuthor(s): Agnieszka Piotrowska, Ben Tyrer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138500938, 978-1138500938\nSynopsis\nFor Freud, famously, the feminine was a dark continent, or a riddle without an answer. This understanding concerns mans relationship to the question of woman but femininity is also a matter of sexuality and gender and therefore of identity and experience. Drawing together leading academics, including film and literary scholars, clinicians and artists from diverse backgrounds, Femininity and Psychoanalysis: Cinema, Culture, Theory speaks to the continued relevance of psychoanalytic understanding in a social and political landscape where ideas of gender and sexuality are undergoing profound changes.\n\nThis transdisciplinary collection crosses boundaries between clinical and psychological discourse and arts and humanities fields to approach the topic.