The riddle of femininity: The interplay of primary femininity and the castration complex in analytic listening

International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1171-1183

  Fritsch, Elizabeth ^a   Ellman, Paula ^a   Basseches, Harriet ^a   Elmendorf, Susan ^a   Goodman, Nancy ^a   Helm, Fonya ^a   Rockwell, Shelley ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASTRATION ANXIETY; FANTASY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY, CASTRATION; FANTASY; FEMALE; FREUDIAN THEORY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 85047682037     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/WB1E-C4AC-MBD5-07YP     Document Type: Article

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