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Lacan
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Lacan
Jacques . 1901--81, French psychoanalyst, who reinterpreted Freud in terms of structural linguistics: an important influence on poststructuralist thought


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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.
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.
But in Risking Difference, Jean Wyatt nonetheless begins unabashedly with a Lacanian understanding of identification and its role in community formation.
 
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