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Freud spoke of the ""repudiation of femininity"" as being an ""underlying bedrock"", part of the ""enigma"" of sexuality. The enigma is not so much the refusal of the feminine dimension as such; it has more to do with rejecting its erotic and genital aspects, as well as its creation through sexual ecstatic pleasure. Equality between the sexes is a legiti

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Author:   Jacqueline Schaeffer ,  David Alcorn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.690kg
ISBN:  

9780367326043

ISBN 10:   0367326043
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   27 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preamble -- Preface -- Repudiating the Feminine Sphere (The Sphinx and Her Forlorn Soul) -- Epistle to the Reader -- Freud and the ""repudiation of femininity"" -- The ""internal foreign body"" -- The difference between the sexes -- The ""lover-for-ecstatic-pleasure"" -- Clinical examples -- The witch-hunt (a tale of hatred of the feminine sphere) -- In Conclusion -- Preludes to the Feminine Sphere -- Horror feminae, or non-dangerous de-liaisons -- ""The Sleeping Beauty""-the advent of the feminine sphere in girls -- The tenant: the vagina on lease from the anus -- Rubies abhor red: hysterical relationships and counter-cathexes -- Hysterical identification and projective identification -- From narcissistic to traumatic seduction (when the siren meets the snake) -- ""I love you"": words of betrayal or words betrayed? -- The family album: reality-testing and remembering-re-finding the object -- Gradiva: representations of the feminine sphere -- Postscript"

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Jacqueline Schaeffer is a full member and training analyst of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society. In 1986 she was awarded the Maurice Bouvet prize in psychoanalysis. She is a former assistant editor of the Psychoanalytic Debates series and editor of the 'Revue Francaise de Psychanalyse' published by the Presses Universitaires de France (PUF). She has published several papers and has been the keynote speaker in many conference meetings throughout the world

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