Real And Imaginary Fathers: Development, Transference, And Healing

Researchers and practitioners in psychoanalysis and psychology discuss the role and meaning of the father in an age of fragmented families. Their topics include making a case for father hunger in girls, the role of fathers in psychic development, the failures of paternal function and their compensations, and the baby as a transference object for the father. Eight of the 10 papers are from a May 2002 symposium on child development in Philadelphia. Annotation 穢2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)