Abstract

The University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies is hosting a book launch for Juliet Mitchell and the Lateral Axis on Tuesday 23 February 2016 at Jesus College, Upper Hall. Professor Juliet Mitchell, Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies, University of Cambridge, will be ‘In Conversation’ with the editors Dr Robbie Duschinsky, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge and Dr Susan Walker, Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University: http://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/Events/publicevents All are welcome to attend this event, which will commence with a drinks reception at 5.00 pm. Juliet Mitchell and the Lateral Axis explores the implications of Professor Mitchell’s ground-breaking theory regarding the effect of siblings on psychic development, politics and culture. Chapters by leading scholars address themes at the centre of public and academic discussion: equality, violence, collective movements, subjectivity, sexuality and power.