{"product_id":"9781501386381","title":"Circumcision on the Couch The Cultural, Psychological, and Gendered Dimensions of the World's Oldest Surgery","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePsychoanalytic Horizons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eCircumcision on the Couch\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Cultural, Psychological, and Gendered Dimensions of the World's Oldest Surgery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJordan Osserman | Esther Rashkin | Peter L. Rudnytsky | Hilary Neroni\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Independent Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenises, and the things people do with them, have been subjects of controversy for a long time. This book examines how one thing that some people do to penises-remove the foreskin-has become a site upon which vital questions of gender, race, religion, sexuality, and psychic life are negotiated. While most contemporary work on the subject is concerned with whether circumcision is right or wrong, safe or harmful, \u003ci\u003eCircumcision on the Couch\u003c\/i\u003e takes as its starting point that the significance of male circumcision exceeds anatomical and juridical considerations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeploying a feminist Lacanian framework, while drawing from a wide range of archival sources and critical thought, Jordan Osserman asks: How can psychoanalysis help us shed light on the ideologies, discourses, and fantasies surrounding circumcision and the impassioned stances for and against it? And how might the history of circumcision, in turn, allow us to re-assess and clarify how we understand the split (or “snipped”) subject of psychoanalysis?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJordan Osserman\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer and Program Director in Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, UK, and practices psychoanalytic therapy in London.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 July 2023\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501386381\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51333847253132,"sku":"9781501386381","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_8bde68cc-e975-460f-864c-05802a5f7079.jpg?v=1783616748","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501386381","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}