Book Review: Female Psychology: An Annotated Psychoanalytic Bibliography; Schuker, E., Levinson, N.A., Eds.; Routledge: England, UK, 2017; ISBN 978-1-138-87226-4



Silverio, Sergio A ORCID: 0000-0001-7177-3471 and Lawthom, Rebecca
(2022) Book Review: Female Psychology: An Annotated Psychoanalytic Bibliography; Schuker, E., Levinson, N.A., Eds.; Routledge: England, UK, 2017; ISBN 978-1-138-87226-4. Psych, 4 (4). pp. 897-900.

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Abstract

<jats:p>Rarely is a book published with a specific focus on ‘Female Psychology’—one of the three branches of the ‘Psychology of Women’ field of study. It is more common to see texts that focus on ‘Feminine Psychology’, and arguably the greatest number of texts in this area are in fact dedicated to ‘Feminist Psychology’. This makes the annotated psychoanalytic bibliography, edited by Eleanor Schuker and Nadine A. Levinson a rare, but important resource. This book review assesses the re-printed text for its content and novel contribution to the field, but does so framing it in the wider context of studies into the Psychology of Women, the changing times, and the current landscape of similar research. Furthermore, this review frames the text in a wider psycho-socio-cultural academic debate about the similarities, differences, and conceptual meanings of the three (distinct) branches of: Feminist, Feminine, and Female Psychology; concluding the difference in origin of these schools of thought has allowed for their individualization and continued utility as separate areas of study into the Psychology of Women.</jats:p>

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 5 Gender Equality
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2023 17:10
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 16:08
DOI: 10.3390/psych4040066
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/psych4040066
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3168112