Generations
This article begins by outlining the momentous movements in attitudes to parenthood and sexual identity that have taken place in the past 25 years, relating these to the new conditions, both social and biological, of reproduction and family forms. I then turn back to an earlier moment in ideological...
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| Published in | Textual practice Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Routledge
01.03.2007
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| Summary: | This article begins by outlining the momentous movements in attitudes to parenthood and sexual identity that have taken place in the past 25 years, relating these to the new conditions, both social and biological, of reproduction and family forms. I then turn back to an earlier moment in ideological history, Freud's invention a hundred years ago of the Oedipus complex, which was particularly applicable to the now obsolescent "nuclear" heterosexual family of the mid-twentieth century. Finally, I consider Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Freud's own source-text, in the light of our changed situation and questions in relation to personal and family identities. As with modern serial families, Sophocles' tragedy shows a blurring of generations; it also speaks to present-day issues of origin, adoption, parental desire, and infertility. As it did for Freud, Sophocles' Oedipus the King continues to generate new insights. (Author abstract) |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0950-236X 1470-1308 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09502360601156898 |