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Lacan
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La·can  (l-kän, lä-kä), Jacques 1901-1981.
French psychiatrist who was an early adherent and interpreter of Freud's theories in France, but whose own theoretical and clinical work diverged greatly from Freud's. His collection of essays and lectures Écrits (1966) greatly influenced linguistics and literary theory.


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A Lacanian interpretation might be tempting here as linga has a primary designation of 'sign' (of which language is the primary exemplum) and a secondary designation of 'phallus', particularly the 'phallic' icon of Shiva.
Self and text: towards a comparative theology of the self by Flood, Gavin / Cross Currents
Whether taken as the Lacanian real in drama-queen mode or the inexplicable radioactivity of the experienced, "live" irradiates everything the audience and the performer search for and rarely find.
Just say yes: Bruce Hainley on Liza With a "Z" by Hainley, Bruce / Artforum International
But in Risking Difference, Jean Wyatt nonetheless begins unabashedly with a Lacanian understanding of identification and its role in community formation.
Risking Difference: Identification, Race, and Community in ... by McGowan, Todd / MELUS
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