Formations of Fantasy

Three of the writers contributing to this 221 page - INDEX at bak - volume are : Valerie Walkerdine, Francette Pacteau, and Stephen Heath - plus a handful of others. Part of the reason, we learn in the preface, for a continued distinction between fantasy and reality is a legal one. LEARN more about : psychologism, poetry, primal fantasy, day-dream, narcissistic caress, androgyne, Moustapha Safouan, Nietzsche, and hysteria. A few b/w plates complement text. Cond : Paper wrapper is black with red lettering. The rather eerie b/w photo on the front cover is from Warsaw -1981. Volume is bright, tight, square, and clean. Very minor wear. No names nor marks. Excellent reference . Quote (p. 138) : " Certain combinations do repetitively occur tha assimilate masculine /phallic/dominant in what Derrida calls a `violent hierarchy over feminine /castrated/submissive. Within psychoanalytic theory, however, gender relations are not ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.