Author Description

Mothering and Psychoanalysis brings together a vibrant collection of 21 critical, interdisciplinary perspectives on psychoanalysis, feminism, motherhood and sociology. In her engaging introduction, Petra Bueskens provides a comprehensive overview of the key debates in the field and their contemporary implications. The collection includes reprinted essays from important thinkers and international contributions from a diverse range of writers who offer fresh and original insights into psychoanalysis and mothering. The book represents some of the best of the new scholarship in maternal studies. Petra Bueskens is a Lecturer in Social Sciences within the School of Counselling at the Australian College of Applied Psychology. Publisher's note