1st Edition

The Life and Work of Joan Riviere Freud, Klein and Female Sexuality

By Marion Bower Copyright 2019
186 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Life and Work of Joan Riviere  traces her journey from dressmaker’s apprentice, and member of the Society for Psychical Research, to Sigmund Freud’s patient and his favourite translator. Marion Bower examines Riviere’s important legacy and contribution to the early development of psychoanalysis. Riviere was also a close friend and colleague of Melanie Klein and wrote her own highly... Read more

Prologue Chapter 1: ‘A Well Born Lady’ Chapter 2: Joan Chapter 3: Other Worlds Chapter 4: Education Chapter 5: Apprenticeship and Marriage Chapter 6: Does Housekeeping Interest You At All? Chapter 7: ‘Nerves’ Chapter 8: Ernest Jones Chapter 9: Freud Chapter 10: A Devilish Amount of Trouble Chapter 11: I Would Be Inclined to Bet Heavily on Her Chapter 12: Child Wars Chapter 13: Female Sexuality and Femininity Chapter 14: The Road to War Chapter 15: A Front-Rank Analyst Chapter 16: War Chapter 17: After the War Chapter 18: The Internal World

Biography

Marion Bower has trained as a teacher, a social worker and an adult psychotherapist. She worked at the Tavistock Clinic for fourteen years and currently teaches at The Kleinian Association of Ireland, the British Psychotherapy Foundation and Making Research Count. She has edited or co-edited four books, including the Routledge titles Addictive States of Mind (2013) and What Social Workers Need to Know (2018).