Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis
An interdisciplinary study of skin bridging cultural and psychoanalytic theory to consider how the body's "exterior" is central to human subjectivity and relations. The authors explore racialization, body modification, self-harm, and comedic representatio
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Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis Edited by
Sheila L. Cavanagh York University, Canada
Angela Failler University of Winnipeg, Canada
and
Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Introduction, selection and editorial matter © Sheila L. Cavanagh, Angela Failler and Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst 2013 Individual chapters © Contributors 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-0-230-36506-3
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Contents List of Plates and Prints
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Acknowledgments
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Notes on Contributors
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Introduction Enfolded: Skin, Culture and Psychoanalysis Sheila L. Cavanagh, Angela Failler and Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst
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1 From the Skin Ego to the Psychic Envelope: An Introduction to the Work of Didier Anzieu Marc Lafrance
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2 Comedic Skin Eruptions: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Austin Powers Sheila Kunkle
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3 The Surfacing of the Self: The Clothing-Ego Stella North
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4 The Red Thing: Fabrics and Fetishism in Nella Larsen’s Quicksand Sara Davis
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5 Writing Skin: Esthetics and Transcendence in Junichiro ¯ Tanizaki’s “T
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