Replacement : Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society /
Segal, Naomi,
Replacement : Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society / Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society Naomi Segal. - 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations. - Critical Studies ; 45 Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026 . - Critical Studies ; 45. Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content -- Introduction -- 2 Replacement Children -- 3 Dead and Undead -- 4 Medea -- 5 Rebecca -- 6 Half-Human and Posthuman -- 7 The Irreplaceable André Gide -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Replacement is always dramatic. How does one thing or person appearing in the place of another – the second baby, the new lover, the maternity cover or ‘surrogate’ mother – constitute a threat to the earlier occupant of that place? Or is the superseding figure haunted by the one for whom they substitute? What happens psychologically or socially to the pair-structure which is thus up-ended? Whom do we blame, whom do we hate, when we find ourselves in this drama? What do we want when we imagine ourselves to be irreplaceable? How might the idea of uniqueness lead to an unstoppable chain of repetitions? See Less
English
9789004759749
10.1163/9789004759749 DOI
Literature and Cultural Studies.
Criticism & Theory.
Cultural History.
PK6530
800
Replacement : Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society / Loss and Substitution in Culture and Society Naomi Segal. - 1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations. - Critical Studies ; 45 Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026 . - Critical Studies ; 45. Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content -- Introduction -- 2 Replacement Children -- 3 Dead and Undead -- 4 Medea -- 5 Rebecca -- 6 Half-Human and Posthuman -- 7 The Irreplaceable André Gide -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Replacement is always dramatic. How does one thing or person appearing in the place of another – the second baby, the new lover, the maternity cover or ‘surrogate’ mother – constitute a threat to the earlier occupant of that place? Or is the superseding figure haunted by the one for whom they substitute? What happens psychologically or socially to the pair-structure which is thus up-ended? Whom do we blame, whom do we hate, when we find ourselves in this drama? What do we want when we imagine ourselves to be irreplaceable? How might the idea of uniqueness lead to an unstoppable chain of repetitions? See Less
English
9789004759749
10.1163/9789004759749 DOI
Literature and Cultural Studies.
Criticism & Theory.
Cultural History.
PK6530
800