Transgender, Hysteria, and the Other Sexual Difference
An Ettingerian Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4577453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sheila L Cavanagh (0000-0002-8393-2692, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-50 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15240657.2019.1559517 |
| OpenAlex | W2915523806 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article uses the feminist-psychoanalytic scholarship of Bracha L. Ettinger to consider a relationship between the discourse of the hysteric and the discourse of transgender (trans*). Both discourses struggle to articulate a dimension of being that lacks symbolization in the socio-Symbolic. My contention is that trans* subjectivity is metonymically linked to the discourse of the hysteric, and that both demographics are attuned to what Ettinger calls an Other Sexual Difference. Moreover, they are both writing something in excess of the phallic signifier that can, in Lacanian terms, circumscribe the man (as one) but not the woman (as not whole)
Human sexuality · Hysteria · Psychoanalysis · Sexual behavior · Sexual difference · Sociology · Transgender · Clinical Psychology · Diverse academic research themes · French Literature and Critical Theory · Gender Studies · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |