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Replacement
Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society
Series: - Critical Studies, Volume: 45
- Critical Studies, Volume: 45
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Replacement is always dramatic. How does one thing or person appearing in the place of another â the second baby, the new lover, the maternity cover or âsurrogateâ mother â constitute a threat to the earlier occupant of that place? Or is the superseding figure haunted by the one for whom they substitute? What happens psychologically or socially to the pair-structure which is thus up-ended? Whom do we blame, whom do we hate, when we find ourselves in this drama? What do we want when we imagine ourselves to be irreplaceable? How might the idea of uniqueness lead to an unstoppable chain of repetitions?
Naomi Segal is Professor Emerita at the University of London; she researches in comparative cultural studies. She has published 19 books, including monographs Consensuality: Didier Anzieu, gender and the sense of touch (2009) and André Gide: Pederasty & Pedagogy (1998).
Content
Introduction
2 Replacement Children
3 Dead and Undead
4 Medea
5 Rebecca
6 Half-Human and Posthuman
7 The Irreplaceable André Gide
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
2 Replacement Children
3 Dead and Undead
4 Medea
5 Rebecca
6 Half-Human and Posthuman
7 The Irreplaceable André Gide
8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Given the international and interdisciplinary nature of the material, the book will appeal to researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Because it is a live topic, it also addresses the general reader.