Racial fantasies and the primal scene of miscegenation.

The primal scene, theorized by Freud in his case history of the Wolf Man, is a fantasy scenario thoroughly embedded in social relations. While pursuing his analysis of oedipal structures in the Wolf Man’s case history, Freud overlooked social relations, downplaying the importance of racial and class...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Psychoanalysis Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 55 - 71
Autor principal: Calvo, Luz
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2008
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        Frantz Fanon
        Kimberlyn Leary
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