Myths of Mighty Women (eBook, PDF)

Their Application in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Redaktion: Richards, Arlene Kramer; Spira, Lucille

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Identifying with mighty women of the past and of the present culture can help them to permit themselves to achieve more than their mothers did. This book provides several such myths from ancient and modern cultures, from both Western and Eastern traditions, each of which is a standard for a particular aspect of female power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429902239
• Artikelnr.: 56839987

Autorenporträt

Arlene Kramer Richards

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Foreword
Preface
Introduction: Mighty Medea
or why female figures from Greco-Roman antiquity matter today
Ancona's introduction: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapists
The Power of Goddesses and Strong Women
What do women want? Inanna and the might of women
Meng Jiangnü: reflections about a Chinese myth
Taiko
Japanese drumming: the light returns
our hearts beat
the body knows
Contributions Part I: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy
The Power of Victims
Avengers
and Tricksters
Three archetypes in myth: the goddess
the witch
and the mortal
Helen of Troy knocks 'em dead: a story of kidnapping
rape
revenge
and the aftermath
Miriam the prophetess and others: biblical heroines lost and found
Contributions Part II: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy
The Power of Mothers and the Goddesses within
Boadicea
warrior queen: a baby's perspective and an analysand's perspective
Medea
almighty mother
The mother of safety is the phantasied mother of power
Contributions Part III: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy
The Power of Women's Sexuality
The last word: Molly Bloom
The old crone
Contributions Part IV: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy
The Father's Contribution to Women's Power
Athena
Antigone
and their modern avatars
Heroines and mythology of contemporary girls
Contributions Part V: implications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Part
Conclusion
Epilogue