Oedipal Experiences in Same-Sex Families

'Through a remarkable blend of psychoanalytic insight and phenomenological observation, Eitan-Persico offers a nuanced portrait of queer kinship that is neither utopian nor dystopian. As a result, we are given the opportunity to appreciate both the vulnerability and vigor that compose queer families, along with the innovation they bring to our shopworn ideas about kinship.' Ken Corbett, Clinical Assistant Professor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; Author of Boyhoods: Rethinking Masculinities, and A Murder Over A Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High 'The New Triangle is a brilliant book that presents an original and innovative psychoanalytic perspective on same-sex families. Eitan-Persico offers outstanding insights on both children and parents’ internal worlds, challenges heteronormative notions of genetics and kinship, birth and procreation. Her research integrates psychoanalytic thinking with LGBTQ family research and presents rigorous rethinking of the Oedipal model in light of contemporary social changes. This is an important and fascinating book.' Galit Atlas, PhD, faculty member at NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis; author of Emotional inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients and the Legacy of Trauma 'An innovative and profound book, resting on incisive thinking, comprehensive knowledge and sophisticated critical analysis. In addition to its important contribution for the crucial updating of theory, the book deepens our clinical sensitivity and understanding of same-sex families, and illuminates the changing reality of child-rearing in the 21st century.' Emanuel Berman, Haifa University and the Israel Psychoanalytic Society; Recipient of the Sigourney award, 2011