UID:
almahu_9949383526202882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780429432033
,
0429432038
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9780429777769
,
0429777760
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9780429777783
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0429777787
,
9780429777776
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0429777779
Series Statement:
Gender and sexualities in psychology
Content:
This historical interdisciplinary book contextualises the Rorschach ink blot test and embeds it within feminist action and queer liberation. What do you see when you look atan ink blot? The Rorschach ink blot test is one of the most famous psychological tests and it has a surprisingly queer history. In mapping this history, this book explores how this test, once used to detect and diagnose homosexuality', was later used by some psychologists and activists to fight for gay liberation. In this book the author uses the test in yet another way, as a lens through which we can reveal a queer feminist history of Psychology. By looking closely at the lives and work of some women psychologists and activists it becomes clear that their work was influenced by their own, often queer, lives. By tracing the lives and actions of women who used, were tested with, or influenced by, the Rorschach, a new kind of understanding of gay and lesbian history in Britain is revealed. Pushing at the borders between Psychology, Sociology, and activism, the book utilises the Rorschach to showhow influential the social world is on scientific practice. This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of sexuality and Psychology.
Note:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Queer signs on the Rorschach -- Queer approaches to depathologisation -- Queer signs in the projective psychologists -- Queer research and lesbian liberation -- Queer activism and academia -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Electronic version: Hubbard, Katherine A. Queer ink. London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9780429432033
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138362522
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138362529
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1138362514
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138362512
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429432033
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429432033
