On Intimate Terms: The Psychology of Difference in Lesbian Relationships

by Beverly Burch

Book Overview

On Intimate Terms looks at the internal logic of lesbian relationships, arguing that they are not patterned after heterosexual ones but rely on the interplay of psychosexual differences between women. The book suggests that everyone seeks psychic complementarity with an Other in intimate relationships as a way of supporting personal growth and development. A complementary partner is one who is different in some individually meaningful way, not necessarily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025201801X
• ISBN13: 9780252018015
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"