Sexual Ambiguities Sexuation and Psychosis

How does one become a man or a woman? Psychoanalysis shows that this is never an easy task and that each of us tackles it in our own, unique way. In this important and original study, Geneviève Morel focuses on what analytic work with psychotic subjects can teach us about the different solutions hum...

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Main Author Morel, Geneviève
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 2011
Karnac Books
Edition1
SeriesCentre for Freudian analysis and research library
Subjects
Gender
Gender identity
Gender identity > Psychological aspects
Gender roles
Identity
Psychoanalysis
Psychoses
Sex
Sex roles
Transgenderism
Transgenderism > Psychological aspects
Phallic Jouissance
Mother’s Castration
Mother’s Discourse
Young Man
Infantile Sexual Theories
Delusional Metaphor
Master Signifier
Feminine Signification
Patient’s Gender Identity
Freudian Castration Complex
Intersex State
Phallic Phase
Castration Complex
Subject’s Jouissance
Sexual Jouissance
Subject’s Sexuation
Mischievous Boy
Propositional Function
Phallic Signification
Phallic Function
Masculine Objection
Feminine Jouissance
Feminine Castration Complex
Differential Valency
Primary Transsexualism
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ISBN185575584X
9781855755840
DOI10.4324/9780429480010

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Summary:How does one become a man or a woman? Psychoanalysis shows that this is never an easy task and that each of us tackles it in our own, unique way. In this important and original study, Geneviève Morel focuses on what analytic work with psychotic subjects can teach us about the different solutions human beings can construct to the question of sexual identity.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-291) and index
Original title: Ambiguïtés sexuelles : sexuation et psychose
"French edition published by Anthropos, Paris, 2000"--T.p. verso
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ISBN:185575584X
9781855755840
DOI:10.4324/9780429480010