Mardy S. Ireland is an author and psychoanalyst, who practices in Raleigh, North Carolina. Previously she practiced and taught in Berkeley, California.
Mardy S. Ireland | |
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| Born | Merle Sanders Ireland NC |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Duke University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| Thesis | A training paradigm for imagery awareness and the investigation of concomitant personality integration (1976) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California |
| Main interests | Writer and psychoanalyst |
| Notable works | Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood From Female Identity |
Mardy S. Ireland | |
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| Born | January 31, 1948 North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Psychologist, PhD. |
| Years active | 1977–present |
Biography
editIreland is a founding member of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis, and was a member of the faculty at the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California.
In 1993, Ireland wrote "Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood From Female Identity", which focuses on three types of women: mothers, child-less, and child-free.[1] Acknowledging the distinction child-free became critical as a legitimate choice for women. The work was the subsequent subject of a doctoral thesis.[2] The New York Times reviewed this book. The "academic book" had struck a chord and found broad appeal.
In North Carolina, she became involved with and was interviewed about the Peaceful Schools Project regarding school bullying. [1]
Publications
edit- Ireland, Merle S. (1976). A training paradigm for imagery awareness and the investigation of concomitant personality integration (Ph.D. thesis). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. OCLC 313434249.
- Ireland, Mardy S. (1993). Reconceiving women: separating motherhood from female identity. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 9780898620160. OCLC 27225262.[3]
- Ireland, Mardy S. (2003). The art of the subject: between necessary illusion and speakable desire in the analytic encounter. New York: Other Press. ISBN 9781590510339. OCLC 51810491.[4]
- Ireland, Mardy S. (October 2004). "Phallus or penis: commentary on Cornelia St. John's paper". Studies in Gender and Sexuality. 5 (4): 459–472. doi:10.1080/15240650509349259. S2CID 143897213.
References
edit- ^ Ireland, Mardy S. (1993). Reconceiving women: separating motherhood from female identity. New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 9780898620160.
- ^ Monschau, Laura Lynn (2000). Women without children: the effects of childlessness on sex-role identity, psychological well-being, and life course schemas (Ph.D. thesis). Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. OCLC 190788142.
- ^ Reviews of Reconceiving Womanhood:
- Halpern, Sue (January 16, 1994). "Momism". The New York Times.
- "Nonfiction book review". Publishers Weekly.
- Marecek, Jeanne (October 1994). Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews. 39 (10): 984–985. doi:10.1037/034190.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Condit, Deirdre M. (1994). Policy Sciences. 27 (2/3): 287–294. doi:10.1007/BF00999894. JSTOR 4532321. S2CID 153734395.
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- ^ Reviews of The art of the subject:
- Cuzzillo, Shawnee (2004). "Review". Fort da. 10 (2): 54–58.
- Basseches, Harriet (Spring 2005). "Review". American Psychological Association Division 39.
- Jevremovic, Petar (August 2004). "Review". Metapsychology Online Reviews. 8 (32). Archived from the original on 2016-04-18.