The Practice of Love - by Teresa de Lauretis (Paperback)
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- In an eccentric reading of Freud through Laplanche and the Lacanian and feminist revisions, Teresa de Lauretis delineates a model of "perverse" desire and a theory of lesbian sexuality as represented in Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness, Cherrie Moraga's play Giving Up the Ghost and Sheila McLaughlin'es film She Must Be Seeing Things, among others.
- About the Author: Teresa de Lauretis is Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
- 352 Pages
- Psychology, Human Sexuality
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The Practice of Love discusses classic psychoanalytic narratives of female homosexuality, contemporary feminist writings on female sexuality, and the evolution of the original fantasies into cultural myths or public fantasies.Book Synopsis
In an eccentric reading of Freud through Laplanche and the Lacanian and feminist revisions, Teresa de Lauretis delineates a model of "perverse" desire and a theory of lesbian sexuality as represented in Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness, Cherrie Moraga's play Giving Up the Ghost and Sheila McLaughlin'es film She Must Be Seeing Things, among others.About the Author
Teresa de Lauretis is Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema and Technologies of Gender and the editor of Feminist Studies/Critical Studies and of Queer Theory: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities (a special issue of the journal differences).
Dimensions (Overall): 9.16 Inches (H) x 6.12 Inches (W) x 1.02 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.2 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 352
Genre: Psychology
Sub-Genre: Human Sexuality
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Format: Paperback
Author: Teresa de Lauretis
Language: English
Street Date: May 1, 1994
TCIN: 92237818
UPC: 9780253208781
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-1673
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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