Katchadourian, Francis
Maternal “Ravishment and Ravages,” a Clinical Observation of Femininity: From an Anorectic Reaction to a Melancholic Position
- 2013.
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"For this female patient the anorexic symptomatology seems to be a response to the maternal “ravishment and ravages”; the feminine dimension of her being is still enigmatic and depends on the primal object. The emerging melancholic position seems to be its consequence, in the absence of an operative Oedipal organization."