Cultures of Fetishism / by L. Kaplan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaplan, Louise J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Pathological.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Psychoanalysis.

Community psychology.

Ethnology.

Psychopathology.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Community Psychology.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Local Subjects:

Psychopathology.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Psychoanalysis.

Community Psychology.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In her latest book, Dr. Louise Kaplan, author of the groundbreaking Female Perversions , explores the fetishism strategy, a psychological defense that aims to tame, subdue, and if necessary, murder human vitalities. Through an exploration of such cultural phenomena as footbinding, reality television, and the construction of robots, Kaplan demonstrates how, in a technology-driven world, an understanding of the fetishism strategy can help to preserve the human dialogue that is the basis of all human relationships. Kaplan writes from the heart as well as from the intellect.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Permissions; One: Fetishism and the Fetishism Strategy; Two: Unraveling Freud on Fetishism; Three: Footbinding and the Cultures of Fetishism that Breed It; Four: The Body of a Woman: Making Films; Five: Writing on the Skin; Six: Archive Fever: Writing Lives; Seven: Unfree Associations: The Training of Psychoanalysts; Eight: The Fetishism of Commodities; Nine: Robots and Humans: Silicon and Carbon; Ten: Cultures of Fetishism; References and Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611360948

9781281360946

1281360945

9780230601208

0230601200

OCLC:

476087754