Myths and Mysteries of Same Sex Love

by Downing, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780824513290
• ISBN10: 0824513290
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1989-09-01
• Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co

Summary

""Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love" makes a powerful statement about the realities of gay and lesbian psyche. A gay and lesbian psychic perspective may at first be startling, but once examined, it proves to be unforgettable." -"The Advocate"

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Prologue
A Personal Foreword
The Myth of Homosexuality	p. 3
Freud: The Personal Dimension	p. 13
Freud: The Theory	p. 30
Freud: The Classic Cases	p. 51
Freud: Female Homosexuality	p. 68
Jung: The Personal Dimension	p. 92
Jung: The Theory	p. 105
Jung: The Cases - Male and Female	p. 118
Demythologizing Greek Homosexuality	p. 133
Same-Sex Love among the Gods	p. 146
Same-Sex Love in the Age of Heroes	p. 168
Woman-Loving Women	p. 184
Same-Sex Love among the Goddesses	p. 200
Sappho	p. 216
Plato: The Symposium	p. 237
Plato: The Phaedrus	p. 259
Epilogue	p. 273
The Deepest Mystery	p. 275
Seven Years Later	p. 289
Notes	p. 299
Index	p. 317
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