182 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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An examination of the importance of oral experience as reflected in literature, Word of Mouth extends psychoanalytic theory as forwarded by Freud, Karl Abraham, Melanie Klein, and Julia Kristeva. The meaning of oral experience is explored with reference to several texts, looking at the oral bond between mother and child in Proust and questions of disordered eating, raised by aggressive orality,... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Repast: Mother, Identity, and Memory; Chapter 2 Consuming Culture: The Linguistics of Location; Chapter 3 Lesser Crimes: Anorexia’s Plea; Chapter 4 It Goes Without Saying: Oral Aggression and Its Mutterings; afterword Afterword;
Biography
Susanne Skubal
