Motherhood and Sexuality [Paperback]

Marie Langer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1892746646 | ISBN-13: 978-1892746641 | Publication Date: May 17, 2000 | Edition: Reprint

As illuminating today as it was when it was first released, Marie Langer's work represents a departure from mainstream psychoanalytic approaches to female sexuality. Anticipating contemporary feminist psychoanlaytic concerns, she argues that economic institutions and cultural values must be altered to permit women full participation in creative and productive activities if women are to accept their maternal role without conflict or resentment. Within tnis context, Langer's book presents a rare exploration of psychosomatic disorders related to female reproductive life.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 305 pages
• Publisher: Other Press; Reprint edition (May 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892746646
• ISBN-13: 978-1892746641
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,650,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Empathy, respect, and a lot of heart for the female experience, December 17, 2006

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Marisa (Rural Heartland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Motherhood and Sexuality (Paperback)

I first read this book during my college years (in the late 70's) I own it since and loved it ever since, to this day. It has been my companion and informed me in my early realitionships, pregnancy, motherhood, and parenting of a girl child. I resonate with every bit of it and appreciate the empathy and soulfulness of the treatment.
I have to say that I'm familiar with and appreciate both the psychonalyitic framing and experience. I also spent my early adult life in Buenos Aires, where the author lived and wrote this book (which I own in the original language). I'm coming back to this book with my daughter in puberty and myself looking for a second child in middle age.
As a science student in Buenos Aires that became a university professor in the US, I also cherish the author's understanding that a full life for a woman has both room for relationship, motherhood, parenting, and a fulfilling job.
This is my most beloved book. I gave it to my yoga instructor, an adorable woman whose day job is in children's mental health care, and whose education is in psychoanalysis.