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Nancy J. Chodorow

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Nancy J. Chodorow

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Also known as Nancy Julia Chodorow, Nancy Chodorow

American feminist sociologist and psychoanalyst

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Born
1944
Works
5

Top works

  • Individualizing gender and sexuality
  • El Poder de Los Sentimientos / Argentinean History. Volume VII
  • Feminism and psychoanalytic theory
  • El Ejercicio de La Maternidad
  • Femininities, masculinities, sexualities

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1965-07-31
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Key facts

Born
Nancy Julia Chodorow , ( 1944-01-20 ) January 20, 1944, New York City, U.S.
Died
October 14, 2025 (2025-10-14) (aged 81)
Alma mater
Radcliffe College , London School of Economics and Political Science , Harvard University , Brandeis University
Known for
Psychoanalytical feminism
Fields
Psychoanalytic theory and clinical methods, psychoanalysis, gender and sexuality, psychoanalytic sociology and anthropology, feminist theory and methods
Institutions
University of California, Berkeley; Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Wellesley College
Doctoral advisor
Egon Bittner
Other academic advisors
Philip Slater

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Encyclopedic overview

Nancy Julia Chodorow (January 20, 1944 – October 14, 2025) was an American sociologist and academic. She began teaching at Wellesley College in 1973, then moved to the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she taught from 1974 until 1986. She was a Sociology and Clinical Psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, until 1986. Subsequently, she taught psychiatry at Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance.

Chodorow was the author of several works on feminist thought, including The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender (1978); Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory (1989); Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities: Freud and Beyond (1994); and The Power of Feelings: Personal Meaning in Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Culture (1999).

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