The Life and Work of Joan Riviere traces her journey from
dressmaker's apprentice, and member of the Society for Psychical
Research, to Sigmund Freud's patient and his favourite translator.
Marion Bower examines Riviere's important legacy and contribution
to the early development of psychoanalysis. Riviere was also a
close friend and colleague of Melanie Klein and wrote her own
highly original and influential papers on female sexuality and
other topics, in particular Womanliness as a Masquerade (1929). Her
position in the British Psychoanalytic Society was unusual as a
direct link between Freud and Klein. Her own papers were
extraordinarily prescient of developments in psychoanalysis, as
well as the social climate of the time. Riviere's experience as a
dressmaker gave her an interest in female sexuality, and she
proceeded to significantly challenge Freud's views. She also
defended Klein from ferocious attacks by Melitta Schmideberg
(Klein's daughter) and Anna Freud. The Life and Work of Joan
Riviere will appeal to anyone interested in the history of
psychoanalysis as well as Riviere's highly original perspectives
involving feminist thought and female sexuality.
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