دانلود کتاب Masculinity and Its Discontents The Male Psyche and the Inherent Tensions of Maturing Manhood

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Cover Endorsements Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents Author's preface Acknowledgments 1. The roots of male gender identity: an introductory overview Masculinity and psychoanalysis: beyond the Freudian bedrock The prephallic realm and the male's primordial vulnerability Implications for psychoanalytic treatment Anatomy, destiny, and gender Gender binaries and phallic logic Disidentification theory: the post-Freudian creation of a male developmental benchmark Revisioning boys turning away from their mothers Later theoretical developments: primordial vulnerability, the male's core complex, and the father as third Overview of through 8 Note 2. An integrative perspective on "masculine" gender and bigenderality Deconstructing the masculine: the "feminine" and the "mother" in the male psyche Male gender identity as a developmental trajectory Deconstructing the feminine: the place of the other in the male's sense of maleness The case of Seth: integrating the emerging viewpoint Brief case discussion Notes 3. The shaping of masculinity in early childhood Phallicity versus genitality Prephallic masculinity/prephallic vulnerability Phallicity and its bodily and psychic vicissitudes Phallic narcissism The evolution toward fluid genitality The case of Brad: rigid defenses and sadomasochism in the analytic relationship Brief case discussion Notes 4. The impact of actual and symbolic fathering on masculinity Recovering the missing father in psychoanalytic developmental theory Boys and their fathers: homoerotic love and melancholic loss Challenges to masculinity in becoming a father The instinctual basis of fathering Fathering as a maturational opportunity The watchfully protective father The genital father's role in establishing triangular space: inhabiting the attracting and separating paternal functions The involved father The symbolic "third," the paternal function, and French psychoanalysis: anchoring the separating role Inhabiting the paternal function The case of Rich: implications for fathering and masculinity Brief case discussion Notes 5. The impact of mother and mother-with-father together The paradoxical relationship with the omnipotent mother The "father in the mother" The mother's role in mitigating the boy's separation "trauma" and shame The attuned mother Joint parenting by father with mother Establishing the paternal function in traditional triadic familial systems The crucial role of mother-with-father together parenting The symbolic father's function and triangularity in analytic interactions The case of Charles: colluding with mother against father Brief case discussion The case of Jake: triangulation deficiency due to paternal neglect and maternal failure Brief case discussion Notes 6. Social, cultural, and biological influences on the concepts of masculinity and gender: constructing the male ego ideal An ideological evolution Less traditional males: a note on transgressing the binary The inherent tension of the gender binary Cultural ideals of manhood: the impact of the heteronormative model How do boys compare with girls? Biological factors: findings from neuroscience The male ego ideal: influences from culture, anatomy, and psychodynamics Distinctive features of the male ego ideal The maturing male ego ideal The case of Raymond: progression to a more genital position Brief case discussion Notes 7. Maturing masculinity, receptivity, and gender fluidity: its trajectory through midlife transitions and later life changes Recognizing the psyche of the other Maturing ego ideals and male receptivity Healthy masculine sexuality Transformations as the man moves through life Challenges and opportunities for the aging man Later-life masculinity The case of Alan: a concealed search for the "lost father of interiority" Brief case discussion Notes 8. Gender and masculinity in analytic practice, and concluding thoughts Psychoanalysis and the opportunity for a new experience of masculinity Gender identity and the analyst: being "in" but not "of" the binary Bigenderality: psychic bisexuality and interiorized gender in the male analyst The male analyst's "femininity" in the clinical context Overall summary and some concluding thoughts Notes References Index