The Doctor and Mrs. A.: Ethics and Counter-Ethics in an Indian Dream Analysis

by Sarah Pinto

Book Overview

Just before India's independence, a young Punjabi woman, ill at ease in her marriage and eager for personal and national freedom, sat down with psychiatrist Dev Satya Nand for an experiment in his new method of dream analysis. The published analysis documents a surge of emotion and reflections on sexuality, gender, marriage, ambition, trauma, and art. "Mrs. A." (as she is known) turned to female figures from Hindu myth to reimagine her social world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823286665
• ISBN13: 9780823286669
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"