ABSTRACT

Grosz gives a critical overview of Lacan's work from a feminist perspective. Discussing previous attempts to give a feminist reading of his work, she argues for women's autonomy based on an indifference to the Lacanian phallus.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

Psychoanalysis and scandal

chapter 2|26 pages

The ego and the imaginary

chapter 3|32 pages

Sexuality and the symbolic order

chapter 4|33 pages

Language and the unconscious

chapter 5|32 pages

Sexual relations

chapter 6|41 pages

Lacan and feminism

chapter |5 pages

Conclusion