rshapiro@BBN.COM (Richard Shapiro) (10/16/89)
Is anyone interested in forming a reading group for investigating feminist psychoanalysis? In particular, I've been trying with mixed success to read (the English translation of) Luce Irigaray's "Speculum of the Other Woman". I would find it enormously helpful if a few others (not too many, that would get out of hand) who were reading the same book were willing to carry on an email discussion - kind of an impromptu mailing-list study group. No big formal deal; just three or four people with the inclination (and time) to read a book and "talk" about it. Since the focus of feminist psychoanalysis is the formation of gendered subjectivity, it would be nice, at least, if both genders were represented, and helpful if at least one person had some real expertise and background in Freud/Lacan. There are two reasons why I don't want to carry on this discussion directly in soc.feminism. First, the nature of moderated newsgroups makes communication too slow; and second, the specifics would be much too narrowly focused to be of general interest. So, anyone interested? Send email if so: rshapiro@bbn.com.