1st Edition

Exploring Depth Psychology and the Female Self Feminist Themes from Somewhere

Edited By Leslie Gardner, Catriona Miller Copyright 2021
250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

Exploring Depth Psychology and the Female Self: Feminist Themes from Somewhere presents a Jungian take on modern feminism, offering an international assessment with a dynamic political edge which includes perspectives from both clinicians and academics. Presented in three parts, this unique collection explores how the fields of gender and politics have influenced each other, how myth and... Read more

Rowland, Preface. Gardner, Introduction. Part 1: Gender in Politics/Politics in Gender. Flowers, Empowered by myth. Tuley, The jouissance of 'nasty women'. Chrzescijanska, The concept of 'therapeutic space' as maternal space in depth psychology - a critique. Auestad, Sexual counter-revolution. Goss, Gender difference. Part 2: Stories: Ancient and contemporary. Miller, Becoming queen. Dawson, Gender and the political Antigone. Sengupta, Earth, ecology and the feminine. Certa-Narcida, The modern ancients. Wang, The Peony Pavilion. Buchanan, Dynamic growth and infinite feminine potential in The Walking Dead. Part 3: Voices. Zaphiriou-Zarifi, Women in war zones. Maher, The role of the grandmother. Gray, Alternative visions - polysemy/art. Gardner, Let's talk about our mothers. Index.

Biography

Leslie Gardner, PhD, is a Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic studies at the University of Essex, UK.

Catriona Miller, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, where she teaches television script writers and media students.