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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822905003321

Autore

Van Buren Jane

Titolo

Mothers and daughters and the origins of female subjectivity / / Jane Van Buren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2007

ISBN

1-315-78769-5

1-317-72427-5

1-317-72428-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

155.3/33

155.333

Soggetti

Mothers and daughters

Mothers and daughters - Psychology

Daughters - Psychology

Identity (Psychology)

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; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Plates; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Silences from the deep: women's subjectivity and the voice of the turtle; 2 Female subjectivity; 3 Saint Anne and two others: configuration of the grandmother within the dreaming couple; 4 The daughter's body, Part I: the site of the haunting; 5 The infant subject in vivo; 6 The daughter's body, Part II; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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