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Reinterpreting some of Freud's classic case histories, Billig shows how language is both expressive and repressive and sheds light on the question of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse and the ideology of psychoanalysis. This original book will appeal to a broad interdisciplinary audience.

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'This insightful book is well worth reading.' The Psychologist

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The importance of repression; 3. Thinking, speaking and repressing; 4. Language, politeness and desire; 5. Oedipal desires and Oedipal parents; 6. Remembering to forget; 7. Words of unconscious love; 8. Repressing an oppressed identity; 9. Ideological implications; References; Index.

Freudian Repression

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    A Paperback by Michael Billig

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 11 April 1999
      ISBN-13 9780521659567
      978-0521659567
      ISBN-10 0521659566
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      Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reinterpreting some of Freud's classic case histories, Billig shows how language is both expressive and repressive and sheds light on the question of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse and the ideology of psychoanalysis. This original book will appeal to a broad interdisciplinary audience.

      Trade Review
      'This insightful book is well worth reading.' The Psychologist

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The importance of repression; 3. Thinking, speaking and repressing; 4. Language, politeness and desire; 5. Oedipal desires and Oedipal parents; 6. Remembering to forget; 7. Words of unconscious love; 8. Repressing an oppressed identity; 9. Ideological implications; References; Index.

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