The name of the Piggle

Reconsidering Winnicott's classic case in light of some conversations with the adult ‘Gabrielle’

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8973635
AutoresDeborah Anna Luepnitz (4247 Locust St. Suite # 817, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen98
Número2
Páginas343-370
Fecha de publicación2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1745-8315.12639
PMID28369970
OpenAlexW2605086333
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas15

On the 40th anniversary of its publication, the author re-reads Winnicott's The Piggle - a case of 'on demand analysis' with a child suffering from psychotic night terrors - in light of new information about the patient. Conversations between the author and 'Gabrielle' explore two areas not regarded as priorities by Winnicott: the transgenerational transmission of pathology/trauma, and the ways that language, in general - and given names, in particular - organize individual subjectivity. The question raised is to what degree Winnicott - who described the treatment as "psychoanalysis partagé [shared]" due to the parents' involvement - thought of the pathology itself as 'shared.' The goal is not to supplant but to expand Winnicott's understanding of the case, borrowing insights from the work of Lacan and others

Psychoanalysis · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology