Sexual ambiguity
Subtitle: sexuation and psychosis
By: Geneviève Morel ; translated by Lindsay Watson
Contributors: MyiLibrary; Watson, Lindsay
Series: Centre for Freudian analysis and research library
Publisher: Karnac
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781849407694; 9781855755840
Subjects: Transgenderism; Psychological aspects; Gender identity; Psychoanalysis; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Work titles: Ambiguïtés sexuelles
Description: In this study, Geneviève Morel focuses on what analytic work with psychotic subjects can teach us about the different solutions human beings can construct to the questions of sexual identity.

Through a careful exposition of Lacanian theory, Morel argues that classical gender theory is misguided in its notion of "gender identity: and that Lacan's concept of "sexuation" is more precise. Clinical case studies illustrate how sexuation occurs and the ambiguities that may surround it. In psychosis, these ambiguities are often central, and Morel explores how they may or may not be resolved thanks to the individual's own constructions. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-291) and index.

Description based on print version record.