The creative feminine and her discontents : psychotherapy, art, and destruction / Juliet Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Juliet, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability in women.

Women--Identity.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2008.

Language Note:

English

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 artistic community to discover new ways for the creative feminine to grow and assesses how ideas of destruction and anarchy are crucial for the expression of a feminine self. The work of two contemporary sculptors, Cornelia Parker and Louise Bourgeois, is explored to show how there can be authentic relationships to creativity through the ideas of deconstruction and reconstruction in their work. This book will interest psychotherapists and analysts and both women and men interested in their own relationship to their creativity."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; PART I: CREATIVITY AND FEAR; PART II: CREATIVITY AND PROCREATIVITY; PART III: CREATIVITY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY; PART IV: CREATIVITY AND ART; Conclusion; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-147) and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-429-92041-5

0-429-90618-8

0-429-48141-1

1-283-07061-8

9786613070616

1-84940-650-2

9780429481413

OCLC:

727951843