{"product_id":"the-practice-of-love-lesbian-sexuality-and-perverse-desire-paperback","title":"The Practice of Love: Lesbian Sexuality and Perverse Desire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeresa de Lauretis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" . . . a work that builds a substantial bridge between Freudian psychoanalysis and radical feminist thought, particularly on the subject of lesbianism. . . . Presenting a complex argument about an issue vital to the psychoanalytic endeavor as well as to feminist theory, \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Love\u003c\/i\u003e should stimulate a reconsideration of 'perversion' and the construction of sexual fantasy. The illumination of the fantasies that make lesbian desire distinctive will necessarily open up our understanding of all sexuality.\" --Jessica Benjamin, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Teresa de Lauretis has entwined three books into one: a critical history of psychoanalytic theories of female homosexuality; a bold study of how lesbians keep disappearing from popular culture, especially film; and an original speculation on the dynamics of lesbian desire.\" --Elisabeth Young-Bruehl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important and original contribution not only to lesbian and gay studies, but also to psychoanalytic theory and film criticism. De Lauretis brings a unique and valuable perspective to issues of great importance today in all these areas.\" --Leo Bersani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"De Lauretis's influential theory gets top marks from sapphic scholars who know best.\" --Out\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an eccentric reading of Freud through Laplanche and the Lacanian and feminist revisions, Teresa de Lauretis delineates a model of \"perverse\" desire and a theory of lesbian sexuality. \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of Love\u003c\/i\u003e discusses classic psychoanalytic narratives of female homosexuality, contemporary feminist writings on female sexuality, and the evolution of the original fantasies into cultural myths or public fantasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeresa de Lauretis is Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics, Cinema and Technologies of Gender and the editor of Feminist Studies\/Critical Studies and of Queer Theory: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities (a special issue of the journal differences). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.16 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45303395483750,"sku":"9780253208781","price":42.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cEdvaWlyOE14bVRJdVZKbE9mbmFhUT09.webp?v=1774018228","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-practice-of-love-lesbian-sexuality-and-perverse-desire-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}