Constructing and Deconstructing Woman's Power

Beth J. Seelig

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781855752917
• eBook ISBN: 9780429912160
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Constructing and Deconstructing Woman's Power explores power and gender issues from a variety of psychoanalytic, as well as social, cultural and philosophical perspectives. The first three papers examine the complex notion of external and internal glass ceiling brought to life by clear and illustrative clinical vignettes. The creation of life, a uniquely female power, is subsequently considered in two fascinating papers exploring motherhood and the conflicts it brings. The development and expression of feminine creativity more generally is further examined in two unique studies. The final three essays address men's relation to women and their power.

Index

Adler, A., 103

adolescence:

development of character, 85-86

endopsychic perceptions, 86-87

aggression:

and altruism, 94-95

children, 32

competition, 41

distortion of, 11-13

environmental influence, 5, 41

hostile and non-hostile, 5-8

and identification, 32

infants, 4

procedural memory system, 9

women in power, 128-130

see also competitiveness

Alizade, A. M., 99-109

altruism, 94-95

ambition, 4

adaptive use of non-hostile aggression, 5-8

pathologizing of, 3

repression, 9

see also glass ceilings

American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), glass ceiling, 20

Angier, N., 19-20

Anna Freud Centre, 21

Applegarth, A., 23, 30-31, 41

archaic mother, 46-47

asceticism, 89, 90

astronomy, discrimination, 19-20

attentional process, 115

attunement, 51

autobiographical memory, 8

see also memory

autonomy, and archaic mother, 47

Baudelaire, C., 85-86

Beebe, B., 51

Bernstein, L., 58

Berscheid, E., 80

Bibring, G., 21

biology, as destiny, 105

Bion, W. R., 52

birth, 45-46

blood, 105

Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, 21

Bowlby, J., 52

boys, and mothers as giantesses in nursery, 124

Buntman, F., 56

case studies:

analyst as strong woman, 126-127

glass wall, 26-28

guilt as glass ceiling, 13-17, 24

identification, successful mother-passive father, 36-38

identification with successful father, repression of dependency needs, 38-39

infant observation, aggression, 4

integrating mothering and work, 39-40

mother-daughter relationship, discussion of A World Apart, 56-71

passive/loving mother v. successful professional female, 33-36

castration complex:

drea...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTION
• THE SPACE Ceilings, walls, and floors
• THE NAVEL Maternal power
• THE WOMB Creative power
• THE PHALLUS Point/counterpoint
• REFERENCES
• INDEX