Description
A detailed and challenging reading of work by Lacan and his associates on femininity reveals its reliance upon a virulently sexist discourse and upon an iconography derived from surrealism. The view that Lacanian psychoanalysis has a positive contribution to make to feminism and to theories of gender and sexual difference is contested. As well as providing a new and provocative reading of Lacan's work, Lacan in Contexts is an important contribution to psychoanalytic history and to the history of French intellectual life.
A challenging, provocative analysis of the work of Jacques Lacan
About the Author
David Macey was a historian, translator, and the author of Lacan in Context, and Frantz Fanon: A Biography.
Book Information
ISBN 9780860919421
Author David Macey
Format Paperback
Page Count 335
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 556g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 25mm