Reply to Tillman and Ferguson
The Personal and the Generalizable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21630296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexis Tomarken (0000-0001-8957-2686, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis, New York, New York, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 192-199 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-1885 • E-ISSN: 1940-9222 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10481885.2023.2176131 |
| OpenAlex | W4365458843 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In this paper, I reply to Jane Tillman and Heather Ferguson’s discussions of my paper on the suicide shroud. I focus on Tillman’s description of my paper as “autotheory,” giving some background to this term and questioning its utility for those who write in this form, predominately women and marginalized groups. I also respond to Tillman’s subtle questioning of the generalizability of my singular story and discuss the collective culture and its absence from mainstream psychoanalytic discourse. Ferguson discusses my paper from a much more personal perspective, as a suicide loss survivor and psychoanalyst. I respond to her discussion of feminine and masculine roles as both protective and harmful, as well as the role of the mysterious object in her dialog with her son. Lastly, I try to reflect on her questions about how the unshrouding of suicide takes place in my clinical work with patients
Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Shame · Sociology · Autobiographical and Biographical Writing · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |