MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

PHL3050

Freud and feminism

Elizabeth Grosz

Synopsis This subject aims to provide an introduction to the reading of a number of central texts of Sigmund Freud. It will focus primarily on Freud's understanding of the concepts of the ego, the unconscious and infantile sexuality. His work will be examined from the viewpoint of his relevance to understanding the social construction of subjectivity, and, primarily, the differences between the sexes in this construction. His work will be framed and contextualised by the writings of a number of contemporary feminist theorists who have both criticised and utilised psychoanalysis in understanding the power relations between the sexes.

Prescribed texts

• Brennam T Between feminism and psychoanalysis Routledge
• Freud S Case studies Penguin
• Freud S On sexuality Penguin
• Gallop J Feminism and psychoanalysis: The daughter's seduction Macmillan
• Grosz E Jacques Lacan: A feminist introduction Routledge
• Irigaray L This sex which is not one Cornell U P
• Lacan J Ecrits: A selection Tavistock
• Mitchell J Psychoanalysis and feminism Penguin