Sexual Subjects: Lesbians, Gender and Psychoanalysis »

Sexual Subjects, a psychoanalytic book informed by gender theory, queer theory and feminism, addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians and sexuality in the postmodern age.

Adria Schwartz masterfully intertwines clinical anecdotes with engaging theoretical questions that examine the construction of important categories of identity--woman, feminist, mother, lesbian, and homo/hetero/bisexual. Schwartz also addresses specific issues which are problematic but nonetheless meaningful to self-identified lesbians such as roles in gender play, lesbian "bed death," and raising non-traditional families. Written from a psychoanalytic and postmodern perspective, this book is a significant contribution to the work done on the conceptualization of lesbian sexuality and identity.

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Addresses the tensions inherent in writing about lesbians in the postmodern age, drawing on psychoanalysis, gender theory, queer theory, and feminism. Intertwines clinical anecdotes with theoretical discussion examining the construction of important categories of identity such as woman, mother, lesbian, and homo/hetero/bisexual. Also considers issues meaningful to lesbians such as roles in gender play, lesbian "bed death," and raising nontraditional families. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.