Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Power in Contemporary Fiction

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Power in Contemporary FictionMalice, the Victim and the Couple\nAuthor(s): Rossella Valdr\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138653290, 978-1138653290\nSynopsis\nPsychoanalytic Perspectives on Women and Power in Contemporary Fiction psychoanalytically examines contemporary fiction portraying the female in a reversal of the stereotyped victim role. The recent popularity of powerful female characters suggests that literature is ahead in its understanding the desires, fantasies and unconscious emotions of the public. \n\nThis book explores a form of intimacy frequently observed in consulting rooms and in life in general: malicious intimacy. Specific to the conjugal bond, it is a type of intimacy connected to the relationship between the two halves of the couple that is extremely powerful and painful. Instead of clinical cases, Rossella Valdr examines four contemporary and widel.