From the first, American psychoanalysis became the property of freewheeling intellectuals and popularists as well as trained analysts. Thus the cultural terrain that Buhle investigates is populated by literary critics, artists and filmmakers, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists--and the resulting psychoanalysis is not so much a strictly therapeutic theory as an immensely popular form of public discourse. She charts the history of feminism from the first wave in the 1910s to the second in the 1960s and into a variety of recent expressions. Where these paths meet, we see how the ideas of Freud and his followers helped further the real-life goals of a feminism that was a widespread social movement and not just an academic phenomenon. The marriage between psychoanalysis and feminism was not pure bliss, however, and Buhle documents the trying moments; most notably the "Momism" of the 1940s and 1950s, a remarkable instance of men blaming their own failures ofvirility on women.
An ambitious and highly engaging history of ideas, "Feminism and Its Discontents" brings together far-flung intellectual tendencies rarely seen in intimate relation to each other--and shows us a new way of seeing both.
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From the first, American psychoanalysis became the property of freewheeling intellectuals and popularists as well as trained analysts. Thus the cultural terrain that Buhle investigates is populated by literary critics, artists and filmmakers, historians, anthropologists, and sociologists--and the resulting psychoanalysis is not so much a strictly therapeutic theory as an immensely popular form of public discourse. She charts the history of feminism from the first wave in the 1910s to the second in the 1960s and into a variety of recent expressions. Where these paths meet, we see how the ideas of Freud and his followers helped further the real-life goals of a feminism that was a widespread social movement and not just an academic phenomenon. The marriage between psychoanalysis and feminism was not pure bliss, however, and Buhle documents the trying moments; most notably the "Momism" of the 1940s and 1950s, a remarkable instance of men blaming their own failures ofvirility on women.
An ambitious and highly engaging history of ideas, "Feminism and Its Discontents" brings together far-flung intellectual tendencies rarely seen in intimate relation to each other--and shows us a new way of seeing both.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2000 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | November 2000 |
Authors | Mari Jo Buhle |
Dimensions | 225 x 144 x 29mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 452 |
Edition | Revised |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-00403-0 |
Barcode | 9780674004030 |
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LSN | 0-674-00403-5 |