Queer Ink: A Blotted History Towards Liberation PDF
by Katherine Hubbard
Part of the Gender and Sexualities in Psychology series
Description
This historical interdisciplinary book contextualises the Rorschach ink blot test and embeds it within feminist action and queer liberation.
What do you see when you look at an ink blot? The Rorschach ink blot test is one of the most famous psychological tests and it has a surprisingly queer history.
In mapping this history, this book explores how this test, once used to detect and diagnose ‘homosexuality’, was later used by some psychologists and activists to fight for gay liberation.
In this book the author uses the test in yet another way, as a lens through which we can reveal a queer feminist history of Psychology.
By looking closely at the lives and work of some women psychologists and activists it becomes clear that their work was influenced by their own, often queer, lives.
By tracing the lives and actions of women who used, were tested with, or influenced by, the Rorschach, a new kind of understanding of gay and lesbian history in Britain is revealed. Pushing at the borders between Psychology, Sociology, and activism, the book utilises the Rorschach to show how influential the social world is on scientific practice.
This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in the history of sexuality and Psychology.
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- Pages:162 pages, 10 Halftones, color; 6 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:26/06/2019
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- ISBN:9780429777783
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:162 pages, 10 Halftones, color; 6 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:26/06/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780429777783
