Mothers? Around the throne
The pilot chapter of the television series Games of Thrones presents us with three different female characters regarding their subjective positions. The present work extracts them to locate from a psychoanalytic reading some complexities in the maternal positions that this theory poses from the clin...
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Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad
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| description | The pilot chapter of the television series Games of Thrones presents us with three different female characters regarding their subjective positions. The present work extracts them to locate from a psychoanalytic reading some complexities in the maternal positions that this theory poses from the clinical experience. Thus, the traits of each of the three protagonists of the series are developed, taking as a starting point the psychoanalytic question about motherhood and femininity, anticipating from the beginning that one position does not necessarily refer to the other. Thus, from the Lacanian point of view, the mother is that part of female sexuality that is ordered according to the phallic reference. For Lacan, the child in the dual relationship with the mother gives him what the male subject lacks: the very object of his existence, appearing in the real. Also, the text places a fundamental trait in these three mothers and is the search for revenge. From this perspective, the work is again oriented to the Lacanian reference on Medea, the tragedy of Euripides, that woman who kills her own children driven by her thirst for revenge. Revenge on women can be unlimited, like female enjoyment itself, when it feels deprived or betrayed, at the price, as Lacan points out, of being other than itself in the very act that consumes such revenge. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-189722019-07-27T15:31:47Z Mothers? Around the throne ¿Madres? alrededor del trono Willington, Alejandro Revenge Women Ghost Motherhood Venganza Mujer Fantasma Maternidad The pilot chapter of the television series Games of Thrones presents us with three different female characters regarding their subjective positions. The present work extracts them to locate from a psychoanalytic reading some complexities in the maternal positions that this theory poses from the clinical experience. Thus, the traits of each of the three protagonists of the series are developed, taking as a starting point the psychoanalytic question about motherhood and femininity, anticipating from the beginning that one position does not necessarily refer to the other. Thus, from the Lacanian point of view, the mother is that part of female sexuality that is ordered according to the phallic reference. For Lacan, the child in the dual relationship with the mother gives him what the male subject lacks: the very object of his existence, appearing in the real. Also, the text places a fundamental trait in these three mothers and is the search for revenge. From this perspective, the work is again oriented to the Lacanian reference on Medea, the tragedy of Euripides, that woman who kills her own children driven by her thirst for revenge. Revenge on women can be unlimited, like female enjoyment itself, when it feels deprived or betrayed, at the price, as Lacan points out, of being other than itself in the very act that consumes such revenge. El capítulo piloto de la serie televisiva Games of Thrones nos presenta tres personajes femeninos diferentes respecto de sus posiciones subjetivas. El presente trabajo los extrae para ubicar desde una lectura psicoanalítica algunas complejidades en las posiciones maternas que esta teoría plantea a partir de la experiencia clínica. Así, se desarrollan los rasgos de cada una de las tres protagonistas de la serie, tomando como punto de partida la pregunta psicoanalítica sobre la maternidad y la feminidad, anticipando desde el inicio que una posición no remite necesariamente a la otra. Se plantea así, desde el punto de vista lacaniano, que la madre es aquella parte de la sexualidad femenina que se ordena según la referencia fálica. Para Lacan, el niño en la relación dual con la madre le da lo que le falta al sujeto masculino: el objeto mismo de su existencia, apareciendo en lo real. Asimismo, el texto ubica un rasgo fundamental en estas tres madres y es la búsqueda de venganza. Desde esta perspectiva, el trabajo se orienta nuevamente en la referencia lacaniana sobre Medea, la tragedia de Eurípides, aquella mujer que mata a sus propios hijos empujada por su sed de venganza. La venganza en la mujer puede ser ilimitada, como el propio goce femenino, cuando se siente despojada, o traicionada, al precio, como señala Lacan, de ser otra que sí misma en el propio acto que consuma dicha venganza. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2017-07-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/18972 10.31056/2250.5415.v7.n2.18972 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (2017): ¡MAMÁ! Posiciones, deseo y estrago; 25-28 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v7.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/18972/18873 Derechos de autor 2017 Ética&Cine Journal |
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| title | Mothers? Around the throne |
| title_alt | ¿Madres? alrededor del trono |
| title_full | Mothers? Around the throne |
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| title_short | Mothers? Around the throne |
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| topic | Revenge Women Ghost Motherhood Venganza Mujer Fantasma Maternidad |
| topic_facet | Revenge Women Ghost Motherhood Venganza Mujer Fantasma Maternidad |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/18972 |
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