Barbie and the Tree of Life: The Multiple Functions of Gender in Development

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1439-1465

  Yanof, Judith A ^a  

^a Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034571431     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00030651000480042701     Document Type: Article

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