Psychoanalytic Feminism: A Systematic Literature Review of Gender
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McIver, Victoria
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Goulding, Josie
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Auckland University of Technology
Abstract
Using a modified, systematic literature review I will examine issues of subjectivity, gender, and differnce in relation to psychoanalytic feminist theory. Psychoanalytic feminism evolved out of a reaction to classical psychoanalytic theory. In particular, the works of Chodorow (1978), Kristeva, (1977, 1989) and Benjamin (1988) were used. The literature revew will discuss the development of these theoretical perspectives and the understanding of subjectivity, gender and difference in psychoanalytic feminism and the implication this has for clinical practice.Description
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Feminism, Psychoanalysis, Gender, Difference, Object relations, Postmodnerism, Intersubjectivity