That Obscure Subject of Desire promises a set of reconsiderations and reinterpretations of the “study in doubt” (p. 93) that is “one of the most undiscussed texts in the psychoanalytic library” (p. 54): “The Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman.” Academic scholars and psychoanalysts have been invited to take another critical look at Freud's essay. The results will be of interest to a range of scholars from those in the psychological disciplines to those who specialize in intellectual history, feminist theory, cultural studies, or, more generally, studies of narrativity.

As Freud points out in his title, he is concerned with nothing less than an explanation of the etiology of lesbianism. Yet the vehicle for this understanding is to be a single analytic case and an unusual