Electra versus Oedipus: Femininity reconsidered

International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-56

  Halberstadt Freud, Hendrika C ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OBJECT RELATION; OEDIPUS COMPLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; FREUDIAN THEORY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031942074     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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