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Volume 12, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

playfully reveals the inherent human complexities that render the body simultaneously a site of discipline and shame as well as one of freedom and enjoyment. This article explores Robin’s embodied experience of her symbolic sex change. It does so via three Lacanian ontological registers, namely: imaginary, symbolic and real.

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2022-05-01
2025-03-21
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Keyword(s): alienation; embodiment; enjoyment; freedom; Jacques Lacan; object petit a

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