That Obscure Subject of Desire is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the topic of Freud's "Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman." Freud's case study has received very little attention, which the editors argue is a sign of the marginalizing of lesbians both in psychoanalytic theory and in culture. This book provides a much-needed forum to discuss the case and its relevance to contemporary concerns -- including the compatibility of psychoanalysis and queer theory and the viability of writing unbiased psychoanalytic accounts of lesbian development.Putting Freud's vision into context, the contributors provide a corrective to the current trend of dismissing his works and show that there remains much to consider and value in his thinking.