In this book alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. The book should be of great interest not only to feminist psychoanalysis but also to anyone concerned with affective, embodied, and relational models of subjectivity. Psychoanalytic feminism stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity 1st. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity by. Pdf feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity alison. Using feminist and poststructuralist critiques and building upon british and feminist psychoanalysis, i theorise developments in subjectivity.
Article information, pdf download for alison stone, feminism. Catriona macleod has been honored with the 2017 psychology and social change award, from rhodes university, for recognizing and then critiquing the psychology of africa. Motherhood to mothering and beyond semantic scholar. Pdf on nov 9, 2012, wendy hollway and others published alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity find, read.
Feminist perspectives on the self stanford encyclopedia. Feminism and psychoanalysis freuds discovery of the unconscious is centrally linked to the study of female sexuality. According to marianne hirsch, feminist psychoanalysis has failed to articulate maternal subjectivity adequately 1989. Alison stone in this book, alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity.
Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must. Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must separate oneself from the mother and maternal c. In this book, alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. In this paper i try to work out what would be involved and what would be some of the implications in moving from the idea of motherhood to maternal subjectivity which i theorise through the lens of unconscious intersubjectivity. Chapter two splitting the feminist subject chapter two splitting the feminist subject pp. Motherhood connotes a natural state or condition which functions as an empty category into which childrens needs can be placed. Lee feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity por alison stone disponible en rakuten kobo. Feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity. Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject. Stone, alison 2011 feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity. In feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity, alison stone considers the idea that the rejection of the. Not for distribution one might object that surely mothers are subjects, just in the sense that they have experience.
In her new book, mothers, which extends an essay she. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity 1st edition al. In listening to the hysterics, freud gave them a voice and attributed a meaning to what they said. This article will discuss psychoanalytic feminism, not feminist psychoanalysis i. Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must separate oneself from the mother and maternal caregivers on whom. Marxist feminist juliet mitchell, in woman s estate 1971 and psychoanalysis and feminism 1974, argues that female oppr ession in capitalist society is not just economic, but involves many. Exploring the possibility of a positive maternal subjectivity. Pdf feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity. Introduction mothering, feminism, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and. Feminist theories of psychoanalysis emerged towards the second half of the 20th century, in an effort to articulate the feminine, the maternal and sexual difference and development from the point of view of female subjects. Information about the openaccess article alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity new york, london. Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must separate oneself from the mother and maternal caregivers on whom one depended in childhood to become a self or, in modernity, an autonomous subject. Buy feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.
From motherhood to maternal subjectivity open research. Feminist psychoanalysis has gone further and argued that children need that their mothers be subjects in their own right. The topic of the self has long been salient in feminist philosophy, for it is pivotal to questions about personal identity, the body, sociality, and agency that feminism must address. The collection of 23 essays provides an exciting snapshot of contemporary theorising on the maternal within psychoanalytic and social theory. Pdf psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity alison.
Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition. Feminism, psychology and becoming a mother wendy hollway. Jeanne mareck has been awarded the the carolyn wood sherif award from the american psychological association and the society for the psychology of women for sustained and. The psychoanalytic focus includes both theoretical and clinical applications ranging from textual analyses of films, books, art and popular culture through to qualitative research on mothers, clinical case studies and reflections on therapeutic technique. She introduces her notion of subject inprocesson trial in her early texts including revolution in poetic language, le sujet en proces in polylogue. Psychoanalysis develops a theory of the unconscious that links sexuality and. More specifically i searched for texts voicing maternal anger which i perceived. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity alison stone in this book, alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity new.
Stone reconsiders the process of achieving maternal subjectivity based on her own definition. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity. Her esrcfunded research on the transition to a maternal identity uses both free association narrative interview and psychoanalytic observation methods. Isbn 9780415885423 full text not available from this repository. At odds with socalled profamily campaigns, the discourse associated with the second wave of feminism questions the construction of womens roles and motherhood. Nancy chodorows 1978 reproduction ofmothering, an important contribution to feminist psychoanaly sis, indeed tends towards essentialism. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity stone final page proof.
Alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal. It aims to provide a forum for contemporary critical debates on the maternal understood as lived experience, social location, political and scientific practice, economic and ethical challenge, a theoretical question, and a structural dimension in human relations, politics and ethics. Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so. She is interested in applying psychoanalytic principles to theorising subjectivity, to methodology and to empirical research on identity, especially with reference to gender. Meaghan morris is the one to tackle the question of contexts. To be a subject one must not only have or live through. This book brings together the different disciplinary strands of psychoanalysis, sociology and feminism to consider motherhood and mothering. Feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity core. Pdf on jul 1, 2012, stella sandford and others published alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity find, read and cite all the. Feminist theorists like judith butler and julia kristeva, although following the work of poststructuralist thinkers michel foucault and jacques lacan, who decentered the traditiona l autonomous and rational subject, felt the need to rethink subjectivity in terms that would allow for agency and political action. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity ebook. For a more detailed account of kristevas ambigious relation to feminism, see my julia kristevas feminist revolutions hypatia a journal of feminist philosophy, 8. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity routledge.
The introduction serves as an excellent overview of this interdisciplinary field and its importance both to motherhood studies and broader feminist thinking. Such criticism may also be applied to much feminist psychoanalysis. Read feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity by alison stone available from rakuten kobo. Feminism has argued for theorising mothers as autonomous subjects with rights. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been often thought of as incompatible.
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