For the Love of Death: Somnophilic and Necrophilic Acts and Fantasies
- The psychoanalytic literature on somnophilic and necrophilic fantasies and acts is indeed sparse. It is argued here that one must distinguish the forms of fantasy, playacting, and actual behavior that lie along a spectrum of romantic or sexual behavior involving people who are sleeping, drugged, immobile, inanimate, comatose, or dead. Regardless of these distinctions, however, the underlying dynamics commonly involve reunion with the mother, an inability to mourn, fear of the female, and an attempt at mastering and transcending the fear of death. To highlight these psychodynamics, a clinical case of somnophilia, Pedro Almodóvar’s >Talk to Her< (a film about romantic relationships with comatose women), and the case of Count von Cosel, a quixotic necrophiliac, are presented. Gender differences are emphasized in the analysis of case material and cultural tropes. [Taken from Publisher’s Website: http://apa.sagepub.com/content/63/5/857.abstract [doi: 10.1177/0003065115606132]
MetadatenAuthor: | Danielle Knafo |
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Parent Title (English): | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Vol. 63 (No. 5, October 2015), pp. 857-886. |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2015 |
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Release Date: | 2015/12/14 |
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Format: | no download and copy possible |
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IdNo: | Knafo_D_2015 |
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Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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