On the fantasy of decapitation of women and denial of their creativity.
Using material from the analysis of a male patient, the author examines the meanings of the decapitated body of a woman in various religious and cultural beliefs and myths, including those represented by the image of the Hindu goddess Lajja Gauri, and the relevance of these to male denial of creativity in women. Material demonstrating the relationship between feelings of loneliness and the urge to create is also presented.
Halpert
Eugene
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Psychoanalytic Institute affiliated with New York University School of Medicine, USA. ehal2park@verizon.net
D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D049248:Decapitation / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D005783:Gender Identity; D018596:Hinduism; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D010151:Paintings; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D014930:Women