A critique of the representation of women in psychoanalytic discourse is linked, in the form of an ‘essay’, with modes of representation of women’s sexuality in the visual media. Sigmund Freud’s case history of Dora (‘Fragments of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria’ published in 1905) is ‘re-read’ in three sections: an argument over the politics of psychoanalysis; a thematic linking of psychoanalytic discourse/pornographic film/advertising; and questions, in the form of post cards from Dora, posed about the way women look at themselves. Warning: sexually explicit.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015574
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminist theory
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Feminist theory
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dreams
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychoanalysis
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Women
Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Dreams
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)