Freud's Dora case and contemporary debates on gender,sexuality and queer theory'Dora' is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conductedand later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself atthe crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dreaminterpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoreticallyground-breaking text and an account of a 'failed' treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freudscholars reflect on the Dora case, presenting various innovative and controversialperspectives and elaborating thesignificance of the text for contemporary debates on gender, sexuality andqueer theory.This volume is ofinterest for psychoanalysts and scholars working on psychoanalysis, sexu ...
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Daniela Finzi – Narrative Strategies and Hermeneutic Desire: Constructions of a Case History
Rachel B. Blass – The Analytic Denial of Freud's Struggle with the Understanding of Dora: Simplifying the Oedipus Complex and the Process of its Adoption
Beatriz Santos – Sexuality and Knowledge in Dora's Case
Philippe Van Haute – Trauma and Disgust: Dora between Freud and Laplanche
Herman Westerink – Sucking, Kissing and Disgust – Dora and the Theory of Infantile Sexuality
Jeanne Wolff Bernstein – Dora, the Un-Ending and ever Unraveling Story
On the Signification of Dora's Father
Ulrike Kadi –
From Dora to Conchita: Recent Views on Gender and Sexuality in Psychoanalysis
Ilka Quindeau
The Case of Dora – A Queer Perspective on Hysteria and Perversion
Esther Hutfless –
Notes on the Contributors
Freud's Dora case and contemporary debates on gender,sexuality and queer theory'Dora' is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conductedand later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself atthe crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dreaminterpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoreticallyground-breaking text and an account of a 'failed' treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freudscholars reflect on the Dora case, presenting various innovative and controversialperspectives and elaborating thesignificance of the text for contemporary debates on gender, sexuality andqueer theory.This volume is ofinterest for psychoanalysts and scholars working on psychoanalysis, sexuality,gender, queer theory, philosophical anthropology and literary studies.Contributors: Rachel B. Blass (Heythrop College, University of London), DanielaFinzi (Sigmund Freud Foundation), Esther Hutfless (University of Vienna), UlrikeKadi (Medical University of Vienna), Ilka Quindeau (Frankfurt University ofApplied Sciences), Beatriz Santos (University Paris VII Diderot), Philippe VanHaute (Radboud University Nijmegen), Herman Westerink (Radboud UniversityNijmegen), Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein (Sigmund Freud University in Vienna)This publication isGPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer Reviewed Content).