
- 232 pages
- English
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Freudian Analysts/Feminist Issues
About this book
In this important book Judith M. Hughes makes a highly original case for conceptualizing gender identity as potentially multiple. She does so by situating her argument within the history of psychoanalysis.
Hughes traces a series of conceptual lineages, each descending from Freud. In the study Helene Deutsch, Karen Horney, and Melanie Klein occupy prominent places. So too do Erik H. Erikson and Robert J. Stoller. Among contemporary theorists Carol Gilligan and Nancy Chodorow are included in Hughesâs roster.
In each lineage Hughes discerns an evolutionary narrative: Deutsch tells a story of retrogression; Erikson names his epigenesis, and Gilligan continues in that vein; Horneyâs discussion recalls sexual selection; Stollerâs and Chodorowâs theorizing brings artificial selection to mind; and finally in Kleinâs work Hughes sees a story of natural selection and adds to it her own notion of multiple gender identities.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Retrogression: HélÚne Deutsch
- Chapter 2. Epigénesis: Erik H. Erikson and Carol Gilligan
- Chapter 3. Sexual Selection: Karen Horney
- Chapter 4. Artificial Selection: Robert J. Stoller and Nancy Chodorow
- Chapter 5. Natural Selection: Melanie Klein and Judith M. Hughes
- Conclusion: The Narrative of Choice
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index