Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-170) and index.

Preliminary Material -- Small City on a Big Couch -- The Presenting Problem: Digestive Issues in the Contact Zone -- Deeper Desires: The Colonial Present, a Don Quijote Fetish, and Maternal Issues -- Calladita, te ves más bonita: Analyzing Silences and Erasures -- Releases and Returns: Sex and the (Provincial) City -- Transferences: Of Cities and Analysts -- Revolt, They Said: Two Virgins, One Indian Princess, and the T-shirt Girl -- Tales of Love and Life After Analysis: Of Art, Opera, and Halloween -- Conclusions: The Small City Succeeds Where the Global City Might Not -- Epilogue -- About the Author -- Bibliography -- Index.

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This book psychoanalyzes a small Mexican city to figure out how the city makes sense of both herself and her many Others in the face of constant change. It puts the city on the couch and works through her past and present relationships, analyzing issues surrounding sexuality, the compulsion to repeat, transferences and desires.