(1999). Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 47:1451-1455 Review by: Sandra Kiersky Lesbian Lives is an important addition to a growing body of contemporary literature in psychoanalysis on primary attachments between women. The book is a personal, political, and psychoanalytic document with roots in the feminist movement of the sixties, the distinction between gender and sexuality that emerged in the seventies, and the deconstructive perspective of the Queer Theorists of the eighties. While the authors offer a serious critique of psychoanalytic theory and practice with regard to “female homosexuals,” they are respectful of psychoanalysis as a discipline, and optimistic about its efficacy for those who have, until recently, been marginalized. Arguing for a similar respect among analysts for the diverse experiences of women who identify themselves as lesbians, Magee and Miller suggest that even the apparently simple question “What causes female homosexuality?” contains “unquestioned assumptions about the feelings, behaviors, [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
