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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779891303321

Titolo

Uncoupling convention [[electronic resource] ] : psychoanalytic approaches to same-sex couples and families / / edited by Ann D'Ercole and Jack Drescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hillsdale, N.J., : Analytic Press, 2004

Hillsdale, N.J. : , : Analytic Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-138-00531-2

0-203-77945-2

1-134-89446-5

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Bending psychoanalysis book series ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

D'ErcoleAnn

DrescherJack <1951->

Disciplina

616.89/17/08664

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and homosexuality

Gay men - Mental health

Lesbians - Mental health

Gay people - Mental health services

Psychotherapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Uncoupling Convention; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Ozzie and Harriet Are Dead: New Family Narratives in a Postmodern World; 2. Gender ""In-Difference"": Gender Development in Lesbian-Parented Families; 3. Couples, Imagined; 4. The Interplay of Difference and Shame; 5. ""Is This Normal?"": Uncovering the Role of Homophobia in the Treatment of a Lesbian Couple; 6. Teasing Apart Gender, Object Choice, and Motherhood in Lesbian Relationships

7. The Lesbian ""Great American Sperm Hunt"": A Sociological Analysis of Selecting Donors and Constructing Relatedness8. Passion, Play, and Erotic Potential Space in Lesbian Relationships; 9. One Plus One Equals One: Money Matters in Same-Sex Relationships; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors to Uncoupling Convention: Psychoanalytic Approaches



to Same-Sex Couples and Families address this question by drawing on two cultural movements of the twentieth century: psychoanalysis and the gay/lesbian civil rights movement.&nb