Kenneth Feiner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1718749 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Feiner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Feiner |
| SIGNATURE | FEINER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Institute for Psychoanalysis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Necessary Elements
This essay uses the film The Tale to illuminate the interactive matrix of abusive relationships, highlighting (a) the ways that perpetrators use offers of love and concern, and gaslighting and threats to establish a relationship with a child that, from its outset, is designed to the gratify perpetrators’ own sexual desires and (b) the characteristics that contribute to the child’s susceptibility to seduction trauma, including unmet needs—for atte…
To Tell the Truth, (Re)Tell One’s Tale
Our introduction is to a panel that considers two films, The Tale and Leaving Neverland. Both films feature adult protagonists reclaiming memories of their disavowed childhood sexual abuse, and both were released amid #MeToo and a proliferation of other films, TV shows, and memoirs depicting seduction trauma in the context of a family romance plotline. Together, they suggest features of a universally taboo story (of childhood sexual abuse), compo…
Film review essay Blue Velvet
(2002). Film review essay Blue Velvet: David Lynch's primal scene. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis: Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1445-1451
Blue Velvet
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
The Primal Scene
The purpose of this paper is to clarify and enrich the concept of the primal scene. A critical review of the literature highlights the major questions and controversies that have arisen in relation to the concept. The authors propose that multiple and shifting identificatory positions can be discerned in primal scene configurations. Primal scene experiences and fantasies are viewed as a blueprint for internalized object relationships. Both trauma…
The Primal Scene
The purpose of this paper is to clarify and enrich the concept of the primal scene. A critical review of the literature highlights the major questions and controversies that have arisen in relation to the concept. The authors propose that multiple and shifting identificatory positions can be discerned in primal scene configurations. Primal scene experiences and fantasies are viewed as a blueprint for internalized object relationships. Both trauma…
The Primal Scene
The purpose of this paper is to clarify and enrich the concept of the primal scene. A critical review of the literature highlights the major questions and controversies that have arisen in relation to the concept. The authors propose that multiple and shifting identificatory positions can be discerned in primal scene configurations. Primal scene experiences and fantasies are viewed as a blueprint for internalized object relationships. Both trauma…
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
Film review essay Blue Velvet
(2002). Film review essay Blue Velvet: David Lynch's primal scene. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis: Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1445-1451
Blue Velvet
The Necessary Elements
This essay uses the film The Tale to illuminate the interactive matrix of abusive relationships, highlighting (a) the ways that perpetrators use offers of love and concern, and gaslighting and threats to establish a relationship with a child that, from its outset, is designed to the gratify perpetrators’ own sexual desires and (b) the characteristics that contribute to the child’s susceptibility to seduction trauma, including unmet needs—for atte…
To Tell the Truth, (Re)Tell One’s Tale
Our introduction is to a panel that considers two films, The Tale and Leaving Neverland. Both films feature adult protagonists reclaiming memories of their disavowed childhood sexual abuse, and both were released amid #MeToo and a proliferation of other films, TV shows, and memoirs depicting seduction trauma in the context of a family romance plotline. Together, they suggest features of a universally taboo story (of childhood sexual abuse), compo…
Psychoanalysis (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Narrative Theory and Analysis (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)