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Author Miller, Juliet, 1946-

Title The creative feminine and her discontents : psychotherapy, art, and destruction / Juliet Miller
Published London : Karnac Books, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 152 pages) : illustrations
Contents The search for a voice -- Using a voice -- The dilemma of motherhood -- The problem of infertility -- History, gender, and relating -- Patriarchy and hate in training institutes -- Power and vulnerability in the work of Louise Bourgeois -- Creative destruction in the work of Cornelia Parker
Summary This book is an attempt to look at creativity from a female perspective. By looking at artistic endeavour, mothering and psychotherapeutic relationships, Juliet Miller considers how a patriarchal world distorts the channels through which women discover their own creative voices. She argues that the dynamics of female creativity are more multi- layered and conflicted for women for a variety of historical, cultural and archetypal reasons and suggests that an attack on the creative feminine has been exacerbated by the history and teaching of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Miller looks to the a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index
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Subject Creative ability in women.
SELF-HELP -- Creativity.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Creative Ability.
Creative ability in women
Kreativität
Feminismus
Frau
Kreativität.
Frau.
Weiblichkeit.
Kunst.
Psychotherapie.
Analytische Psychologie.
Psychoanalyse.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781849406505
1849406502
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9781283070614