The sex’s choice

XXY, is a dramatic film from the Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo, which is the story of Alex, a teenager of fifteen years old, who is affected by their intersex condition. This paper shows, from the analysis of this film, the issue of sex selection from the perspective of psychoanalysis of the La...

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Main Author: Álvarez Villanueva, Margarita
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2016
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/16591
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Summary:XXY, is a dramatic film from the Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo, which is the story of Alex, a teenager of fifteen years old, who is affected by their intersex condition. This paper shows, from the analysis of this film, the issue of sex selection from the perspective of psychoanalysis of the Lacanian orientation, understood as a choice of jouissance.