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, Genevieve 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.
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...
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 t...
