The Anatomy of the Clitoris : Reflections on the Theory of Female Sexuality

157 Pages·2016·2.35 MB·English

by  Anne Zachary

THE ANATOMY OF THE CLITORIS
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THE ANATOMY OF
THE CLITORIS
Reflections on the Theory
of Female Sexuality
Anne Zachary
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For
Jean Rosemary 1927–
History shows a full gallery of feminine prototypes, many
of whom embrace the phallic emblem, and thus arose the queen,
the goddess, the cruel woman, who are all far from Freud’s
poor melancholic submissive one
—Alcira Mariam Alizade
Interminable virgin lands are waiting in silence for
someone who is daring enough to reveal them
—Alcira Mariam Alizade
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
ABOUT THE AUTHOR xi
FOREWORD xiii
by Michael Rustin
PREFACE xvii
INTRODUCTION xxiii
Part I
1 Womankind through history 3
2 The anatomy of the clitoris: a re-interpretation 13
3 The historical development of the psychoanalytic
theory of female sexuality (1897–2000) 25
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viii CONTENTS
Part II
4 The anatomy of the clitoris: clinical evidence
of psychic representation 39
5 Bisexuality: a universal phenomenon 53
6 Motherhood: the fundamental aim 71
7 Femininity: the key to the box 79
8 Aggression and the female form 87
Part III
9 Recent developments in the literature 101
AFTERTHOUGHTS 105
NOTES 109
REFERENCES 113
INDEX 119
LIST OF CHARTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure 1. The Venerina (Little Venus), a dissectible, anatomical
wax model made by Clemente Susini for the museum
of Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy (1792). Courtesy of
Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna,
Sistema Museale di Ateneo—Museo di Palazzo Poggi 10
Figure 2. The female corpus spongiosum re-visited. Reprinted
from Acta Obstetricia Gynecologica Scandinavica, Van
Turnhout (1995) 15
Figure 3. The historical development of the psychoanalytic
theory of female sexuality shown as a grid. Compiled
from Schuker and Levinson (1991), Female Psychology:
An Annotated Bibliography, chapter 18: Sexuality.
Penryn: The Atlantic Press 26
Figure 4. Some frames of reference used in the psychoanalytic
theory of female sexuality 33
Figure 5. Russian dolls. Drawn by my patient Mrs L 48
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