Authors: Judith M. Glassgold, Suzanne Iasenza, Martha Kirkpatrick
ISBN-13: 9780743213127, ISBN-10: 0743213122
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: October 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Psychoanalytic theories of lesbian development epitomize the difficulty in liberating psychoanalysis from the past. Psychoanalytic theory has traditionally adopted a clear position that a lesbian orientation represented some form of psychological abnormality. Thankfully -- but only very recently -- some influential feminist leaders have begun to rethink issues of gender and sexual orientation, removing heterosexuality from its privileged position as normal.
In Lesbians and Psychoanalysis, Judith M. Glassgold and Suzanne Iasenza bring together twenty-six of these pioneers in the field of lesbian psychoanalytic theory. Through insightful chapters based on years of clinical experience, each author helps to redefine psychoanalytic theory by reinventing its foundations from an affirmative perspective so that it better represents all peoples.
Lesbians and Psychoanalysis addresses several topics of emerging concern including multicultural diversity, self-disclosure, homophobia, transference/countertransference issues, bisexuality, and the changing nature of lesbian sexuality. In addition, the authors examine the influence of stigma on human development. In three sections -- Past, Present, and Future -- the authors in turn critique past theory, discuss current issues in therapy, and describe new directions in theory and practice. This is a book that is sure to appeal not only to members of the psychoanalytic community but also to all those who are interested in gay and lesbian studies, feminism, and psychology.
Foreword | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
About the Contributors | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | A Critical Examination of the Notion of Pathology in Psychoanalysis | 3 |
2 | Out of the Closet and on to the Couch: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of Lesbian Development | 19 |
3 | "Having It Both Ways": Rethinking Female Sexuality | 39 |
4 | How to Have Your Phallus and Be It Too: Reflections of a Lesbian Therapist from Jill Johnston to Judith Butler | 63 |
5 | Queer Reflections: Mirroring and the Lesbian Experience of Self | 93 |
6 | The False Self, Shame, and the Challenge of Self-Cohesion | 107 |
7 | Rekindling the Flame: A Therapeutic Approach to Strengthening Lesbian Relationships | 125 |
8 | Addressing Racism, Sexism, and Heterosexism in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy | 145 |
9 | Revisiting the Question of Self-Disclosure: The Lesbian Therapist's Dilemma | 161 |
10 | Homophobia in the Supervisory Relationship: An Invisible Intruder | 173 |
11 | Toward Visibility: Evicting the Intruder (A Commentary on Russell and Greenhouse) | 191 |
12 | Psychoanalysis with Lesbians: Self-Reflection and Agency | 203 |
13 | Coming out of the Frame: Lesbian Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory | 229 |
14 | An Archetypal View of Lesbian Identity | 265 |
15 | Gender Identities, Lesbianism, and Potential Space | 287 |
16 | Making Gender: New Interpretations/New Narratives | 309 |
17 | The Lesbian Patient: Narratives of Subjectivity, Gender, and Sexual Identity | 327 |
18 | Platonic Pleasures and Dangerous Desires: Psychoanalytic Theory, Sex Research, and Lesbian Sexuality | 345 |
Index | 375 |