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Absolutely Revolting
Non-fiction

Freud with a crew cut

by Ron Spielman •
June–July 2005, no. 272

Freud in the Antipodes: A cultural history of psychoanalysis in Australia by Joy Damousi

UNSW Press, $49.95 pb, 374 pp

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Freud in the antipodes? Who cares? Well, I for one am very pleased that Joy Damousi, a professor of history at the University of Melbourne, cares enough to have assembled this compendium of historical information about the influence of Sigmund Freud’s ideas in Australian circles over the past one hundred years.

 


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Freud in the Antipodes

Freud in the Antipodes: A cultural history of psychoanalysis in Australia by Joy Damousi

UNSW Press, $49.95 pb, 374 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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