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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810116303321

Autore

Ambrosio Giovanna

Titolo

On incest : psychoanalytic perspectives / / by Giovanna Ambrosio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Karnac, 2005

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©2005

ISBN

1-78049-553-6

0-429-91696-5

0-429-90273-5

0-429-47796-1

1-283-24912-X

9786613249128

1-84940-458-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

Psychoanalysis & women series

Altri autori (Persone)

AmbrosioGiovanna

Disciplina

306.877

Soggetti

Incest

Sex (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A volume in the Psychoanalysis & women series for the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis of the International Psychoanalytical Association."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-130).

Nota di contenuto

COVER; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Incest yesterday and today: from conflict to ambiguity; CHAPTER TWO: Incest(s) and the negation of otherness; CHAPTER THREE: Incest: the crushed fantasy; CHAPTER FOUR: Incest: a therapeutic challenge; CHAPTER FIVE: Incest: the damaged psychic flesh; CHAPTER SIX: Counterpoints; REFERENCES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Incest is a universal taboo that is found throughout the history and mythology of the majority of societies. A neglected subject in more recent psychoanalytic work, this book was inspired by the COWAP European Conference of 2003. On Incest explores the theories and reasons behind incest, using themes such as gender identity and perversion. This fourth volume in the Psychoanalysis and Women Series



for the Committee on Women and Psychoanalysis of the International Psychoanalytical Association contains papers from leading experts in the field. It includes the papers delivered at the conference, and two additional papers from Mariam Alizade and Brendan MacCarthy, who present their accounts of the discussions as they developed during the conference. The collection deals with a number of issues that surround incest, including Freud's work and how his outlook changed throughout the years; the post-Freudian theories; treatment of both offender and victim through traditional one-on-one and group therapy; the importance of the sex of the analyst; the permutations of the abuser/abused; and the "why" of incest.