Abstract

MARTINEZ, Viviana Carola Velasco  and  SOUZA, Ivy Semiguem Freitas de. The myth of the Amazons on stage: a psychoanalytic discussion on femininity and gender. Cad. psicanal. [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.30, pp. 171-197. ISSN 1413-6295.

The aim of this article is to discuss feminine sexuality beyond Freudian theories about the theme. To this end, we seek inspiration in Greek tragedy and analyze the myth of the Amazons through Jean Laplanche’s notion of plurality of gender, as introduced in his Theory of Generalized Seduction. This author emphasizes that the contours of gender are established upon the translation of the multiple enigmatic messages delivered by the adult and by culture. Upon this thought we understand that the myth of the Amazons takes to the stage another possibility of translating what it is to be a woman, allowing us to think about the particularities of the process of femininity and gender constitution in our own culture.

Keywords : Theory of Generalized Seduction; myth of the Amazons; femininity; plurality of gender; culture; Psychoanalysis.

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