CF 616
Diversity, Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Spring, 2008
Phillis Sheppard, Ph.D.
Psheppard@psychotherapyandculture.net 312/782-7144
Class Dates: 2/2; 2/16; 3/1; 3/15; 3/29; 4/12;
4/26; 5/10
Conceptual Foundations Sequence
The primary goal of the sequence is the achievement
of an informed, self-aware use of theory in clinical practice, research,
writing and teaching.
Course Description
This course examines psychoanalytic perspectives
on race, gender and sexuality, addressing the implications of attending
to these features of "self" as they emerge in clinical material. Particular
attention is given to race, gender, and sexuality as dialectically informed
by and informing the experience of social reality, and structuring the
response to the treatment.
Toward this end, we will
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Investigate the history of gender, race and sexuality
in psychoanalysis
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Examine gender, race and sexuality in contemporary
psychoanalytic terms
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Consider critical responses to psychoanalytic renderings
of gender, race and sexuality
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Explore the clinical and theoretical perspectives
implications of gender, ethnicity/race, and sexuality for psychodynamic
treatment in light of classical, contemporary and critical perspectives
on these issues
Course Goals
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To explore the psychodynamic meanings attributed to
the emergence of gender, race and sexuality in the clinical contexts and
increase one’s capacity for integrating your perspective into clinical
writing
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To understand the implications of theoretical differences
for clinical work when addressing gender, race and sexuality in clinical
contexts
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To develop a coherent perspective for one’s own clinical
work for addressing gender, race and sexuality.
Requirements and Assignments
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Participation/Attendance: As this class only
meets for 8 sessions, attendance is crucial. Come to class having completed
the assigned reading as evidenced by relevant contributions to class discussions.
Failure to attend class will result in a letter grade reduction for each
class missed. More than two absences will result in a grade of F.
25% of grade.
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Facilitate class discussion. Provide a 10-12
minute clinical process or vignette and relate to the reading of the day.
Provide a focus question that the reading raises for this piece of clinical
work. 25% of grade. Sign-up during first class.
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Write a 15-17 page research paper discussing how you
understand the relationship between “the outside and the inside”—i.e. race/ethnicity/gender/sexuality/culture
and intrapsychic processes. Due 5/15. 50% of grade.
Papers are due as assigned and, except
in cases of clear emergencies, will not be accepted late.
Regarding written assignments, please note:
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A clear thesis statement that lays out your argument
or position (where are you headed with this paper)
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ICSW requires the use of the ICSW
Style Manual in your writing. Please adhere to this
style.
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ICSW does not tolerate plagiarism. Any act of
plagiarism will result in a failure for the class and may result in expulsion
from the program. Please consult your student manual concerning academic
honesty.
Course Outline
Part I: Toward a Psychoanalysis of Gender, Race
and Sexuality
Questions:
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Where does a) gender b) race, c) race fit into Freud’s
psychoanalytical model?
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How do these (gender, race and sexuality) relate to
each other in psychoanalytic theory?
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What questions does Freud raise for us (theoretically
and in clinical technique)?
2/2
Read:
Grey, Carolyn C., (1933) The subversive
mission of psychoanalysis. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 2
(1). PEP
Flax, Jane (1996) Taking multiplicity seriously:
Some implications for psychoanalytic theorizing and practice. Contemporary
Psychoanalysis, 32. PEP
Review:
Freud, Sigmund, (1905) Three essays on the theory
of sexuality, in Standard Edition, 7:135-206. PEP [For help
in retrieving Freud from PEP, see "Finding
Freud Fast."]
2/16
Review:
Freud, Sigmund. (1905). Three essays on the theory
of sexuality, in Standard Edition, 7:207-243. PEP
In depth:
Grossman, W. & Kaplan, D. M. (1988) Three
commentaries on gender in Freud's thought: A prologue to the psychoanalytic
theory of sexuality, in Fantasy, myth, and reality: Essays in honor
of Jacob A. Arlow, M.D. International Universities Press. http://www.psychoanalysis.net/IPPsa/Grossman/ThreeComm.htm
3/1
Moss, Donald, (2003). Introduction:
On hating in the first person plural: Thinking psychoanalytically about
racism, homophobia, and misogyny, in Hating in the first person
plural. Other Press.
Altounian, Janine, (1999). Putting into words,
putting to rest and putting aside the ancestors: How an analysand who was
heir to the Armenian Genocide of 1915 worked through mourning. International
Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 80 (3). PEP
Questions:
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How is the relationship between the intrapsychic and
the social is mediated as understood within psychological/psychoanalystic
perspectives?
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In these authors work, how is gender, race/ethnicity
and sexuality as experienced?
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How would you define/discuss identity in psychoanalytic
terms?
3/15
Ackermann, Nathan and Jahoda, Marie. (1948) The
dynamic basis of anti-Semitic attitudes. Psychoanalytic Quarterly,
17. PEP
Gehrie, Mark J., (1976). Aspects of the dynamics
of prejudice. Annual of Psychoanalysis, 4. PEP
Moskowitz, Michael, (1995). Ethnicity and the fantasy
of ethnicity. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 12 (4). PEP
3/29
Keefer, Beverly and Reene, Kelly, (2002).
Female adolescence: Difficult for heterosexual girls, hazardous for lesbians.
Annual of Psychoanalysis. Vol. 30. PEP
Corbett, Ken, (1996). Homosexual boyhood: Notes
on girlyboys. Gender and Psychoanalysis, 1,(4). PEP
Grossman, Gary, (2002). Queering psychoanalysis,
in J. Anderson and J. Winer, The Annual of Psychoanalysis, Vol.
XXX. PEP
Part II: The Clinical Work
Questions:
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What questions are raised for you by constrasting
Moncayo, Wright, Roland related to clinical treatment?
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Is splitting always integral to hatred of “otherness”?
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What are the implications of these authors' view for
clinicians sense of a “clinical” or “professional” self”?
4/12
Moncayo, Raul, (1998). Cultural diversity
and the cultural and epistemological structure of psychoanalysis: Implications
for psychotherapy with Latinos and other minorities. Psychoanalytic
Psychology, 15, (2). PEP
Roland, Alan, (1983). Psychoanalysis without
interpretation: Psychoanalytic therapy in Japan. Contemporary
Psychoanalysis, 19. PEP
Thompson, Cheryl L., (1987). Racism or neuroticism:
An entangled dilemma for the Black middle class patient. Journal
of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 15 PEP
Note: Paper due next class
4/26
Kris Y. Yi., (1998). Transference and race: An
intersubjective conceptualization. Psychoanalytic Psychology,
15 (2). PEP
Tang, Nadine M. and Gardner, Jacquelyn, (1999).
Race, culture, and psychotherapy: Transference to minority therapists.
Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 68. PEP
Knafo, Danielle, (2003). Anti-Semitism in
the clinical setting: Transference and countertransference dimensions.
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1 (3).
PEP
Part III: Critiques of Psychoanalytic Perspectives
on Gender, Race, Sexuality and Culture
Questions:
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What is the “critique” offered in each article?
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Does the critique hold up under close reading?
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Do you think the critique makes a theoretical and
clinical difference—is it worth the bother?
5/10
Javier, Rafael A. and Rendon, Mario, (1995).
The ethnic unconscious and its role in transference, resistance, and countertransference:
An introduction. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 12 (4). PEP
Dalal, Farhad, (2001). Insides and outsides: A
review of psychoanalytic renderings of difference, racism and prejudice.
Psychoanalytic Studies, 3, (1). PEP
Holmes, D.E. (2006). The wrecking effects of race
and social class on self and success. Psychoanalytic Quarterly,
75:215-235. PEP
Final Paper due 5/15/08.
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