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Mothers and daughters and the origins of female subjectivity /
Mothers and Daughters and the Origins of Female Subjectivity challenges the theory of the Oedipus complex, which permeates psychoanalytic theory, psychology, semiotics and cultural studies. The book focuses on the re-examination of women's development through the theories of primitive mental st...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Hove, East Sussex ; New York :
Routledge,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Mothers and Daughters and the Origins of Female Subjectivity challenges the theory of the Oedipus complex, which permeates psychoanalytic theory, psychology, semiotics and cultural studies. The book focuses on the re-examination of women's development through the theories of primitive mental states.Women's subjectivity has been profoundly limited by continuing anxieties about the mother's body. Jane Van Buren describes how women are gradually escaping the curse of inferiority and finding a voice, enabling the mother to provide their daughters with a legacy of rightful agenc. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317724278 1317724275 9781315787695 1315787695 9781317724285 1317724283 9781317724261 1317724267 |