Feminist Views from Somewhere: Post-Jungian Themes in Feminist Theory

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Feminist Views from Somewhere: Post-Jungian Themes in Feminist Theoryexplores what and how Jungian thought contributes to feminist thinking. Broadly speaking, feminist thinking, or thinking by and about women as autonomous, intelligent and independent agents, has opened up scholarship through insightful, reflective critique and practice. This is the starting point of this collection from a range of theorists, interested in the multiple concerns of Jungian and analytical psychology. The contributors take a unique approach to Jungian thinking. Rather than focusing on its mythological aspects, the authors develop alternative, feminist approaches that enhance the appreciation of the possibilities for Jungian and post-Jungian studies. With a primarily theoretical orientation, the rigorous, critical approaches in the collection highlight the possibilities of imaginative Jungian theory. Divided into three parts, ‘Viewing Earth’, ‘Clinical Perspectives’ and ‘Literary Landscapes’, the chapters cover themes including embodiment, intersubjectivity, individuation and narrative. The contributors vividly reflect the range and diversity of opinions amongst women influenced by Jungian thought. Feminist Views from Somewhere is essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, women’s studies and gender studies, as well as analytical psychologists in practice and in training. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Notes on contributors......Page 10 Background......Page 14 Introduction: Feminist views from somewhere?......Page 18 Part I Theme: Viewing Earth......Page 28 1 Women and land: reflections on physicality......Page 30 2 Becoming human......Page 36 3 Medial women: views of a feminist epistemologist......Page 52 Part II Theme: Clinical Perspectives......Page 66 4 Working with a woman with binge eating disorder......Page 68 5 Emma Jung’s pen: Jung, feminism and the body......Page 83 6 In search of the heroine......Page 97 Part III Theme: Literary Landscapes......Page 108 7 Feminism, Jung and transdisciplinarity: a novel approach......Page 110 8 Fierce young women in popular fiction and an unpopular war......Page 126 9 Explorations in the poetics of the feminine pronoun......Page 145 Appendix: Voices from the IAJS forum October – December 2013......Page 159 Index......Page 175