Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition. 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. Alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity. 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. Stone reconsiders the process of achieving maternal subjectivity based on her own definition. In this book, alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. For a more detailed account of kristevas ambigious relation to feminism, see my julia kristevas feminist revolutions hypatia a journal of feminist philosophy, 8. Buy feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity routledge studies in contemporary philosophy. In listening to the hysterics, freud gave them a voice and attributed a meaning to what they said. Such criticism may also be applied to much feminist psychoanalysis. From motherhood to maternal subjectivity open research. According to marianne hirsch, feminist psychoanalysis has failed to articulate maternal subjectivity adequately 1989. Not for distribution one might object that surely mothers are subjects, just in the sense that they have experience. This book brings together the different disciplinary strands of psychoanalysis, sociology and feminism to consider motherhood and mothering.
Motherhood connotes a natural state or condition which functions as an empty category into which childrens needs can be placed. Alison stone in this book, alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. By providing a feminist articulation of maternal subjectivity, stones book represents an important intervention into all three disciplines. She introduces her notion of subject inprocesson trial in her early texts including revolution in poetic language, le sujet en proces in polylogue. Alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity 1st edition al. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity by. In her new book, mothers, which extends an essay she. Feminism, psychology and becoming a mother wendy hollway. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity routledge. 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. Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject.
Pdf on jul 1, 2012, stella sandford and others published alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity find, read and cite all the. Introduction mothering, feminism, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity routledge studies in contemporary philosophy alison stone on. Psychoanalytic feminist theory pdf academic passion. Psychoanalysis develops a theory of the unconscious that links sexuality and. This article will discuss psychoanalytic feminism, not feminist psychoanalysis i. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity stone final page proof. Stone, alison 2011 feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity. In this book alison stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. 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. Pdf feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity alison.
Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so. Feminism and psychoanalysis freuds discovery of the unconscious is centrally linked to the study of female sexuality. Feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity core. Pdf psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity alison. Nancy chodorows 1978 reproduction ofmothering, an important contribution to feminist psychoanaly sis, indeed tends towards essentialism. Motherhood to mothering and beyond semantic scholar. 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. Stone argues that in the west the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must. Feminist psychoanalysis has gone further and argued that children need that their mothers be subjects in their own right. The introduction serves as an excellent overview of this interdisciplinary field and its importance both to motherhood studies and broader feminist thinking.
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. 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. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity ebook. At odds with socalled profamily campaigns, the discourse associated with the second wave of feminism questions the construction of womens roles and motherhood. In feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity, alison stone considers the idea that the rejection of the. 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. More specifically i searched for texts voicing maternal anger which i perceived. Isbn 9780415885423 full text not available from this repository.
She is interested in applying psychoanalytic principles to theorising subjectivity, to methodology and to empirical research on identity, especially with reference to gender. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity 1st. As juliet mitchell noted, feminist movements have tended to equate what freud said about the hysterics and his other female patients as prescriptions for patriarchal domination. Meaghan morris is the one to tackle the question of contexts. 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. 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. Profound, provocative, and innovative, feminist art and the maternal is the first work to critically examine the dilemmas and promises of representing feminist motherhood in contemporary art and visual culture. Chapter two splitting the feminist subject chapter two splitting the feminist subject pp. Read feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity by alison stone available from rakuten kobo. The collection of 23 essays provides an exciting snapshot of contemporary theorising on the maternal within psychoanalytic and social theory. Lee feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity por alison stone disponible en rakuten kobo. 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. Article information, pdf download for alison stone, feminism. Pdf feminism, psychoanalysis and maternal subjectivity.
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. Feminism has argued for theorising mothers as autonomous subjects with rights. In order to provide a nuanced and complex account of maternal subjectivity, which is distinct from feminine subjectivity, stone draws on different aspects of feminism chodorow, feminist psychoanalysis irigaray, kristeva, jessica benjamin, object relations winnicott and, to a lesser degree, melanie klein, and feminist philosophy of the. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been often thought of as incompatible. Information about the openaccess article alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity new york, london. Pdf on nov 9, 2012, wendy hollway and others published alison stone, feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity find, read. Using feminist and poststructuralist critiques and building upon british and feminist psychoanalysis, i theorise developments in subjectivity. Feminist perspectives on the self stanford encyclopedia. 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. To be a subject one must not only have or live through. Feminism, psychoanalysis, and maternal subjectivity. Psychoanalytic feminism stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Exploring the possibility of a positive maternal subjectivity. This research is descriptive qualitative which takes a novel, room by emma donoghue, as the object to scrutinize the effort of ma as the main character, to develop her subjectivity through exercising her maternal power.
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