Dora, Hysteria and Gender

Reconsidering Freud's Case Study
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-94-6270-156-4
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

Freud’s Dora case and contemporary debates on gender, sexuality and queer theory
‘Dora’ is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conducted and later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself at the crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dream interpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoretically ground-breaking text and an account of a ‘failed’ treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freud scholars reflect on the Dora case, presenting various innovative and controversial perspectives and elaborating the significance of the text for contemporary debates on gender, sexuality and queer theory.

This volume is of interest for psychoanalysts and scholars working on psychoanalysis, sexuality, gender, queer theory, philosophical anthropology and literary studies.

Contributors: Rachel B. Blass (Heythrop College, University of London), Daniela Finzi (Sigmund Freud Foundation), Esther Hutfless (University of Vienna), Ulrike Kadi (Medical University of Vienna), Ilka Quindeau (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Beatriz Santos (University Paris VII Diderot), Philippe Van Haute (Radboud University Nijmegen), Herman Westerink (Radboud University Nijmegen), Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein (Sigmund Freud University in Vienna)

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finzi, Daniela

Westerink, Herman

Weitere Mitwirkende

Finzi, Daniela

Westerink, Herman

Blass, Rachel B.

Santos, Beatriz

Van Haute, Philippe

Wolff Bernstein, Jeanne

Kadi, Ulrike

Quindeau, Ilka

Hutfless, Esther

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Monika Pessler

Introduction Daniela Finzi and Herman Westerink

Narrative Strategies and Hermeneutic Desire: Constructions of a Case History Daniela Finzi

The Analytic Denial of Freud’s Struggle with the Understanding of Dora: Simplifying the Oedipus Complex and the Process of its Adoption Rachel B. Blass

Sexuality and Knowledge in Dora’s Case Beatriz Santos

Trauma and Disgust: Dora between Freud and Laplanche Philippe Van Haute

Sucking, Kissing and Disgust – Dora and the Theory of Infantile Sexuality Herman Westerink

Dora, the Un-Ending and ever Unraveling Story Jeanne Wolff Bernstein

On the Signification of Dora’s Father Ulrike Kadi

From Dora to Conchita: Recent Views on Gender and Sexuality in Psychoanalysis Ilka Quindeau

The Case of Dora – A Queer Perspective on Hysteria and Perversion Esther Hutfless

Notes on the Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Westerink, Herman
Herman Westerink is an endowed and associate professor at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Van Haute, Philippe
Philippe Van Haute (†) was a full professor at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen, and extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria.

Finzi, Daniela
Daniela Finzi is the head of the research department of the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and member of the board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation.

Wolff Bernstein, Jeanne
Jeanne Wolff Bernstein is a psychoanalyst in Vienna and the chair of the Advisory Board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation.