Unspeakable Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Culture

Unspeakable Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of CultureExplores the radical political potential of close reading to make the case for a new and invigorated psychoanalytic cultural studies. Winner of the 2009 Gradiva Award, Theoretical Category, presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis Esther Rashkin argues that psychoanalysis galvanizes, as no other discipline can, an understanding of texts in their social, historical, and political contexts. Demonstrating that close

Moving historical understanding beyond such labels as "uprooted" and "huddled masses

the glorification or deification of man

particularly as these connections play out for white women

Secure tenure rights are fundamental to the sustainable management of the world’s tropical forests

Reardon fails miserably

photographers and artists from around the world who have each responded to the theme in their own unique way

women were expected to work

along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice

Guides nurses in assessing patients using only the sense of hearing/active listening

promises and contradictions of populism as also its backgrounds and causes

this book explains the achievements and shortcomings of the peace in Northern Ireland

wondering if there is a "Hinjew Connection