Universal fantasy in latency

Separation, attachment and sexuality in Julio Cortázar’s Bestiary

Bibliographic Data

ID8971033
AuthorsEllen Shustorovich (Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College of City University of New York137th and Convent AvenueNew York, NY 10031USA, corresponding author), Lissa Weinstein (0000-0002-7734-9417, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College of City University of New York137th and Convent AvenueNew York, NY 10031USA)
Year2010
Volume91
Issue6
Pages1465-1482
Publication date2010-09-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2010.00346.x
PMID21133908
OpenAlexW2096171758
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

This paper joins recent efforts to build a conceptual bridge between psychoanalysis and attachment theory. A psychoanalytic reading of Julio Cortázar's Bestiary, a story about a young girl sent away for a summer vacation, is used to conceptualize the relationship between attachment and sexuality during latency. Middle childhood is seen as a pivotal period when cognitive maturation, internalization of parental figures, increasing independence and importance of those outside the family make fantasy the central adaptive mode of functioning. As such, the literature on attachment, which focuses on observed events, has to be supplemented with investigations of the actively created fantasies of that age period

Art · Bestiary · Developmental psychology · Fantasy · Girl · Human sexuality · Literature · Narcissism · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Child Therapy and Development · Gender Studies · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Themes in Literature Analysis

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