On Frida Kahlo’s homosexual hypothesis – a psychoanalytic reading from the case of Dora in Freud and Lacan

Authors

  • Mariana Rodrigues Festucci Ferreira Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo
  • João Ezequiel Grecco Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.327240

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, case of Dora, homosexuality, Frida Kahlo

Abstract

This paper examines the hypothesis of Frida Kahlo's homosexuality by taking into account Lacan's theorization on hysteria in his Seminar III from Freud's "case of Dora". As Lacan pointed out, one of the questions concerning the hysterical structure —What a woman is— does not necessarily translate into an approach to other women due to the achievement of the choice of homosexual object, but to an attempt to solve the enigma of lack.

 

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Author Biographies

Mariana Rodrigues Festucci Ferreira, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Psychoanalyst, researcher at the funding agency CAPES, Master's student in Social Psychology and Specialist in Psychoanalysis and Language at PUCSP.

João Ezequiel Grecco, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

Psychoanalyst, Professor and Clinical Supervisor at Centro Universitário Anhanguera de Santo André, PhD in Social Psychology and Master in Clinical Psychology at PUCSP, Specialist in Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy at Instituto Sedes Sapientiae

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Published

2017-02-23

How to Cite

Festucci Ferreira, M. R., & Grecco, J. E. (2017). On Frida Kahlo’s homosexual hypothesis – a psychoanalytic reading from the case of Dora in Freud and Lacan. Affectio Societatis, 14(26), 165–187. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.327240

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 26 (2017): Revista Affectio Societatis

Section

Reflection Articles

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