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AulIov|s) VaIie Expovl, Mavgvel EiJIev and Kuvl Sagev

Souvce Biscouvse, VoI. 11, No. 1, BOBY // MASQUEBABE |FaII-Winlev 1988-89), pp. 3-27
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TIe BeaI and Ils BouIIe TIe
Bod
VaIie
Expovl
TvansIaled
I Mavgvel
EiJIev and Kuvl
Sagev
In a Janous
passage
in CiviIizalion and Ils Bisconlenls
,
Signund
Fveud Iaid an
unexpecled
Joundalion nol
onI
Jov an
adequale lIeov
oJ
nedia,
Iul aIso Jov lIe
conlenpIalion
oJ lIe
veIalionsIips
oJ
Iod
and
lecInoIog,
oJ
IodiI
Junclions and
looIs,
and oJ naluvaI
ovgans
and avliJiciaI
pvoslIeses
WilI
evev
looI nan is
pevJecling
Iis ovn
ovgans,
vIelIev
nolov ov
sensov,
ov is
venoving
lIe Iinils lo lIeiv Junc-
lioning.
Molov
povev pIaces giganlic
Jovces al Iis
disposaI,
vIicI,
IiIe Iis
nuscIes,
Ie can
enpIo
in
an
diveclion:
lIanIs lo
sIips
and aivcvaJl neilIev valev nov aiv can Iindev
Iis
novenenls: I
neans oJ
speclacIes
Ie covvecls deJecls in
lIe Iens oJ Iis ovn
ee: I
neans oJ lIe
leIescope
Ie sees inlo
lIe Jav
dislance:
and
I
neans oJ lIe
nicvoscope
Ie ovev-
cones lIe Iinils oJ
visiIiIil
sel
I
lIe slvucluve oJ Iis velina.
In lIe
pIologvapIic
caneva Ie Ias cvealed an inslvunenl
vIicI velains lIe
JIeeling
visuaI
inpvessions, jusl
as lIe
gvanopIone
disc velains lIe
equaII JIeeling audilov
ones:
IQlI
ave al Iollon naleviaIizalions oJ lIe
povev
Ie
possesses
oJ
vecoIIeclion,
Iis
nenov.
WilI lIe
IeIp
oJ lIe
leIepIone
Ie can Ieav al dislances vIicI vouId Ie
vespecled
as unallai-
naIIe even in a
Jaiv
laIe.
Wviling
vas in ils
ovigin
lIe voice
oJ an aIsenl
pevson:
and lIe
dveIIing-Iouse
vas a suIslilule
Jov lIe nolIev's
vonI,
lIe Jivsl
Iodging,
Jov vIicI in aII
IiIeIiIood nan sliII
Iongs,
and in vIicI Ie vas saJe and JeIl
al ease.
1
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4 Biscouvse 11.1
Fveud lIus deJines
lecInoIogicaI
looIs as
expansions, pevJec-
lions,
and
lvansgvessions
oJ lIe Iunan
ovgans
oJ sense. Fvon lIe
nolov lo lIe
caneva,
Jvon lIe
nicvoscope
lo lIe
leIepIone,
aII
lecInicaI looIs/nedia ave exlensions oJ lIe Junclions oJ naluvaI
pIsicaI ovgans
as veII as
conquesls
oJ lIeiv Iinils and
veaInesses. WilI lIe
IeIp
oJ an
avn
oJ
auxiIiav ovgans
lIal
ave, Iovevev,
nol
jusl
avliJiciaI suIslilules Iul aIso incvediIIe
advancenenls in lIe
pevJovnance
oJ naluvaI
ovgans,
IunanIind
Ias nol
onI suvpassed
lIe naluvaI Iinils oJ ils ovn
Iod,
Iul
aIso lIe Ioundavies
inposed I
naluve,
sucI as
gvavilalion,
Jov
exanpIe.
Fveud caIIs lIe use oJ looIs lIe Jivsl acls oJ civiIizalion
aII aclivilies and vesouvces vIicI ave useJuI lo nen Jov
naIing
lIe eavlI sevviceaIIe lo
lIen,
Jov
pvolecling
lIen
againsl
lIe
vioIence oJ lIe Jovces oJ
naluve,
and so
on,
ave
vecognized
as
cuIluvaI
|CB 90).
Hence,
looIs ave lIe vesuIl oJ cuIluvaI
deveIopnenl
and lIe
pevJecling
oJ lIe naluvaI
ovgans
oJ IunanIind. TIe
pevJecling
consisls oJ
venoving
Iinils lo lIe
pevJovnance
oJ lIese
ovgans.
WilI lIe
IeIp
oJ looIs nanIind can ovevcone lIe naluvaI Iinila-
lions sel
I
lIe
Iod.
TIe
lviunpI
oJ looIs ovev
pIsicaI ovgans
IeIongs
lo lIe
Iogic
oJ cuIluvaI
deveIopnenl
in lIe
JigIl againsl
naluve lo sIeIlev nanIind. CiviIizalion ilseIJ is
nolIing
olIev
lIan lIe vIoIe sun oJ lIe acIievenenls and lIe
veguIa-
lions . . . vIicI sevve lvo
puvposes
-
naneI
lo
pvolecl
nen
againsl
naluve and lo
adjusl
lIeiv nuluaI veIalions
|CB 89).
So lIe
appavenl pavadox
vesuIls,
lIal
looIs,
inasnucI as
lIe pevJecl, conpIele,
and
augnenl
lIe naluvaI
ovgans
and
Ience JoIIov lIe Junclions exIiIiled
I
lIe naluvaI
ovgans,
ovev-
cone and
uIlinaleI vepIace
lIe naluvaI
ovgans
lIenseIves,
lIe
nove
conpIele
and civiIized lIe looIs Iecone. TIe Iouse
vepIaces
lIe nolIev's
vonI,
nol
onI
Iecause lIe
enIvo
Ias
Iecone an
aduIl,
Iul Iecause civiIizalion
Iegins
lo
vepIace
and
vepvess
naluve in lIe
inposilion
oJ lIe
veaIil pvincipIe.
TecInoIog
as lIe sun oJ aII looIs sevves lIus nol
onI
lIe
cuIluvaI lvansJovnalion oJ
naluve,
Iul aIso Ias lIe
lendenc
lo
lvansJovn and dissoIve lIe
Iod ilseIJ,
pveciseI
inasnucI as
lecInoIog
is cuIluvaI
aclivil.
TIe civiIizalion oJ lIe
Iod
is al
lIe sane line ils
vepIacenenl
and aIsence. LiIe aII
lecInoIog
and
civiIizalion,
cuIluve is a
Ianguage
oJ lIe aIsenl. As
Ianguage
oJ lIe
aIsenl,
lIe
Iod IeIongs
lo lIe vIelovic oJ lIe
veaI
-
lIal is ils cvux. TIe cvuciJixion Ias lIeveJove ascended lo
a cenlvaI
pIanlasn
oJ ouv
cuIluve,
Iecause il denonslvales lIe
voIe oJ lIe
Iod
in ouv cuIluve. TIe
Iod
is lIe nediun oJ lIe
veaI and lIe
sociaI,
oJ conlvoI. TIe
Iod
is lIe Iaivos oJ lIe
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FaII-Winlev 1988-89 5
suIjecl. FveciseI
Iecause lIe
Iod vepvesenls
lIe veaI insevlion
inlo lIe
vovId,
lIe insevlion oJ lIe
suIjecl
inlo lIe
veaI,
lIe
Iod
can Ie naiIed lo lIe cvoss and lIe son can Ie Jovced lo suInil lo
lIe Iav oJ lIe
JalIev,
lo lIe
veaIil pvincipIe.
TIe souI
escapes
Jvon lIe lovluved dead
Iod
as saIvalion oJ lIe
suIjecl
inlo lIe
inaginav.
TIe
Ianguage
oJ lIe
pvesenl
nixes ilseIJ vilI lIe
Ianguage
oJ lIe aIsenl in lIe
lviunpI
oJ
lecInoIog
as
Iod,
vIicI is aIso
a
lviunpI
ovev lIe
Iod.
To deJine lIe
Iod
as lIe excIusive sile
oJ naluve is lIeveJove an
aIundanlI
naive
conceplion.
Because
cuIluve,
vIicI ve aII do insisl
on,
aIso
aIvas
neans lIe civiIiza-
lion oJ lIe
Iod,
lIe lecInicaI exlension and lvansJovnalion oJ
lIe
Iod.
TIis lvansJovnalion
Iegins,
noveovev,
Iong
IeJove lIe
acquisilion
oJ
looIs, naneI,
al lIe nonenl oJ lIe
deveIopnenl
oJ lIe
ego,
vilI lIe
sepavalion
oJ lIe seIJ Jvon lIe oulside vovId.
Nol
onI
in cuIluvaI
deveIopnenl
does lIe nolIev's vonI
Iecone a
Iouse,
Iul aIso in
pscIic deveIopnenl.
WilI lIe
Jovnalion oJ lIe
seIJ,
lIe
Iod
ilseIJ
uIlinaleI
Iecones lIe
oulside vovId.
TIe
vepIacenenl
oJ lIe nolIev's vonI
I
lIe Iouse and oJ
lIe Iouse
I
a
Iodging
oJ one's ovn
IeIongs
lo lIe
slages
oJ
deveIopnenl
in lIe Jovnalion oJ lIe
ego,
vIeve,
in lIe
end,
even
lIe
Iod
can no
Iongev
Ie
pevceived
as Ione oJ lIe
ego.
TIe
pvogvessive pevJeclion
and
vepIacenenl
oJ naluvaI
ovgans I
avliJiciaI
looIs,
vIicI lIenseIves can
again pvoduce
nev looIs and avliJiciaI
ovgans,
eJJecled a cuIluvaI
pvogvess,
cvealed a cuIluvaI
eIevalion,
a
civiIizalov pvanid,
on vIose
sunnil nan sils as a sovl oJ
pvoslIelic
Ood.
Man
Ias,
as il
veve,
Iecone a Iind oJ
pvoslIelic
Ood. WIen
Ie
puls
on aII Iis
auxiIiav ovgans
Ie is
lvuI nagniJicenl:
Iul lIose
ovgans
Iave nol
gvovn
on lo Iin and
lIe
sliII
give
Iin nucI lvouIIe al lines. NevevlIeIess,
Ie is enlilIed lo
consoIe IinseIJ vilI lIe
lIougIl
lIal lIis
deveIopnenl
viII
nol cone lo an end
pveciseI
vilI lIe
eav
1930 A.B. Fuluve
ages
viII
Iving
vilI lIen nev and
pvoIaII uninaginaII
gveal
advances in lIis JieId oJ civiIizalion and viII incvease
nan's IiIeness lo Ood sliII nove. Bul in lIe inlevesls oJ ouv
invesligalions,
ve viII nol
Jovgel
lIal
pvesenl-da
nan does
nol JeeI
Iapp
in Iis OodIiIe cIavaclev.
|CB 91-92)
TIe
concepl
oJ lIe
pvoslIesis
cannol Ie
sepavaled
Jvon lIe
cuIluvaI
pvocess,
Jvon
civiIizalov deveIopnenl.
Fveud IinseIJ
inlvoduces lIis
concepl
oJ lIe
pvoslIesis
in lIe discussion oJ
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6 Biscouvse 11.1
VaIie
Expovl,
InslaIIalion
SpIil
Monunenl 1985
|FIolo
VaIie
Expovl)
cuIluvaI
pvogvess.
CuIluvaI discouvse ilseIJ
pvoduces
lIe avliJacls
and
pvoslIeses
lIal do nol
slop
vilI lIe
Iod:
on lIe
conlvav,
since lIe
Iod
is lIe
poinl
oJ
depavluve
Jov
looIs,
one nusl
pevceive evev
nade
oIjecl
as a
pvojeclion
oJ lIe Iunan
Iod.2
Il is lIus lIe
Iogic
oJ lIe
Iod
lIal
genevales
lIe
pvoslIeses.
TIe
Iod pvoduces
ils ovn
lecInoIog.
An lecInoIog
vIicI
pIainI
deaIs vilI Ood's
nonopoI,
naneI,
vilI lIe
engendeving
oJ
IiJe,
douIlIess
IeIongs
lo lIe
uninaginaII gveal
advances in lIis JieId oJ civiIizalion lIal
Fveud Jovesav and lIal veve lo incvease nan's IiIeness lo Ood
sliII nove.
TecInoIogies
oJ
vepvoduclion pose
lIe
queslion
aIoul lIe
Iod,
and aIove
aII,
aIoul lIe JenaIe
Iod,
nosl
vadicaII.
TIe FenaIe
Bod
Wonen ave anIivaIenl in lIeiv
vepovls
on Iov
lIe expe-
vience lIeiv Iodies. IJ
ecslas
and
pain
ave lIe lvo Jovns oJ
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FaII- Winlev 1988-89 7
expevience
vIeve ve
appevceive
lIe
Iod
nosl
dislinclI
and
diveclI,
and iJ ve
deveIop
Jvon lIis
Iinav poIavil slvalegies
oJ
ego deveIopnenl,
oJ
pIsicaI
avaveness and oJ lIe
veIalionsIip
lo lIe oulside vovId
|and
even
acluaII
conslvucl lIe oulside
vovId,
Iod
and
ego concepluaII
Jvon lIis
appevceplion,
naneI,
as a deJense
againsl
lIe
pains
lIal
veaIil
Jovces onlo lIe
Iod
and as a seavcI Jov lIe salisJaclion oJ
pIeasuves
vIicI lIe
Iod gvanls us)
lIen lIe
inages
and vovIs oJ
Ianguage I
vonen lIal
speaI
lo us aIoul lIe
expevience
oJ lIe JenaIe
Iod
Iave lIe
lendenc
lo Ie nove
discevning
and
independenl
vIen
lIe
deaI vilI lIe
pain
oJ lIe
Iod.
Fov a
palviavcIaII
slvucluved
sociel
lIal is IuiIl on lIe
gaining
oJ
pIeasuve I
nen,
lIis cones
as no
suvpvise.
IJ vonen
speaI
oJ lIe
Iod's pIeasuve,
lIen lIeiv
vocaIuIav
is,
as vilI Evica
Jong
ov Anis
Nin,
a
sleveolpe
oJ
lviviaI nascuIine
povnogvapI.
To Jind Iev
vovd,
Iev
Ianguage,
lIe
pvoIIen
oJ lIe
nissing gendev,
is vaIid
Ieve,
loo.
In Iilevaluve and
avl,
on lIe olIev
Iand,
lIe
vepovls
ave
nunevous and seIJ-viIIed aIoul Iov vonen
pevceive
lIeiv
Iodies as
disluvIing,
and aIoul Iov lIe
pIsicaI
Junclions lIal
ave
expecled
Jvon lIe JenaIe
Iod
ave
pevceived
as
oppvessive.
TIe
Iod appeavs
as a
Iuvden,
as a
piece
oJ lIe oulside
vovId,
ov
even as iIIness.
TIe FvencI
Ivicisl
BanieIIe
Savvva,
vIo connilled suicide
in 1949 al lIe
age
oJ
sevenleen,
descviIes as nuvdevous lIe lvans-
Jovnalion oJ lIe vonan cIiId inlo a vonan
M IeII
vas a
pvaev
dvun. TIe . . . sex oJ a vioIaled
vivgin
IovIed, cavved-up
on a
vooJ,
IIood.
FaciaI vounds JIaved
up
in
incandescence,
JIoved IiIe Iava dovn lIe enlive Iveasls.3 A lone slviIes
us,
a
nelapIsics
oJ
agon,
oJ
deniaI,
oJ
enpliness,
vIose sound Ias
Ieen vecovded as
eavI
as
SappIo,
and vIicI descviIes lIe
pIs-
icaI and
pscIoIogicaI
lovluves oJ JenaIe
puIevl.
Savvva
vejecls
as deslvuclive
IivlI, IeII,
and
Iod
-
aII lIese
snecdocIes
oJ
Jenininil
vIicI sIe
sIouId,
ov valIev
nusl, enIod
lo
quaIiJ
as a vonan in ouv
sociel.
SIe doesn'l vanl lo Iave lo
deslvo
Iev SeIJ in ovdev lo Iecone a JenaIe
Iod.
SIe valIev
deslvos
Iev
Iod |in suicide).
In lIis cvisis oJ JenaIe
adoIescence,
in lIis
davI
spving |Zvn),
ve Ieav lIe cvies oJ lIe JenaIe
Iod,
levviIIe nonenls oJ
lvulI,
lIal Ialev Iecone nule in lIe accon-
nodaled
consciousness,
in lIe convenlionaI Jeninine
pavia-
avaveness
|EIisaIelI LenI)
WilI one souI and one
Iod,
vilI lIis
singIe sving
vIicI
IveaIs lIe
sIing
and sIallevs lIe
sIuII,
IveaIs in lIe vindov-
panes,
Jvon lIis danned IoneIiness vIeve lIe
pulvid
vavens
oJ lIe
enliveI devanged spivil galIev,
Jvon lIis
spol
loo snaII
Jov ouv unJuIJiIIed
expeclalions
vIeve ve Iave seen vovIds oJ
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8 Biscouvse 11.1
good
viII vilI IenceJovlI unaJJovdaIIe souvces
inconsoIaII
Iive and
die,
Jvon lIis
ic sIul-up
voon vIeve no cIiId-
Ieaving
is
possiIIe,
I,
lIe
pvoud
Iandnaiden oJ a dealI
vIicI is nucI deadev lIan
ou
can
IeIieve,
divecl lIis
gveeling
lo
ou, Ioping
Jvon lIe Iollon oJ
n
Ieavl lIal il
viII naIe
ou lIovougII
vvelcIed and Iel
ou
sinI
sleadiI
deepev,
dovn lo lIe nule Iouv oJ lIe
IegaII
suJJicienl vioIa-
lion lIal viII cveale a JinaI vovId vilI nonslvous nuleness
Jvon lIe cIineva lIal
ou
ave.
|Savvva 15-17)
In Iev IooI Bas Haus dev KvanIIeilen
|TIe
House oJ
IIInesses),
vvillen and iIIuslvaled in
1958,
Unica
Zvn,
a Oevnan
Iiving
in
Favis,
vviles aIoul JovIidden voons Fvon lIe
Ieginning
I decided on lIe aIcove oJ lIe soIav
pIexus
and on lIe
cIanIevs oJ lIe Iands. TIe IaII oJ lIe IeIIies and aIso lIe Iveasl-
voon I
caveJuII
avoid.4 In lIe
pIenonenoIog
oJ
pain,
lIe
Iod
Iecones lIe Iouse oJ iIInesses. Bveaslvoon and IaII oJ
IeIIies ave sIunned as avcIilecluve oJ lIe Jeninine. Fvon lIen
vaJls a
sicII-sveel
Iol odov lIal naIes ne iII and lIus lIe
Iveaslvoon insliIIed in ne
onI despaiv |Zvn,
Haus
62).
Il is
lIus
especiaII
lIe
pvololpicaI
sexuaI cIavaclevislics oJ lIe
Jeninine and lIe
ovganic
Junclions oJ lIe Jeninine
-
Iveasls
and
IeII,
niII and
cIiIdIeaving
-
lIal insliII in Zvn levvov
and
despaiv.
Zvn
spenl
lIe
eavs
1960-62 in
Jacques
Lacan's
pscIialvic
cIinic oJ Sl.
Anne,
and connilled suicide in
1970,
al
lIe
age
oJ
JiJl-Jouv.
Il is nol lIe
Iod ilseIJ,
Iul ils
Jenininil
-
lIe sociaI doclvine oJ lIe
Iod
as deJinilion oJ
vonan,
lIe idenli-
Jicalion oJ vonan's
Ieing
vilI Iev
pIsicaI
sexuaI cIavaclevis-
lics and sexuaI
Junclions,
lIal naIes lIe
Iod
inlo lIe Iouse oJ
iIInesses,
inlo lIe
pIace
oJ dealI.
Bol vinde den
LeiI,
Bvol vende in
Leid,
ende
Nol,
BeiI vivd LeIen.
Wiv,
dein Tod
veIen dein Lol div
in Evde.
WiIdIolen,
viv IieIen den Tod.
Bed vind lIe
Iod
Ivead luvn
in[lo] suJJeving
end need
ax Iecones IiJe.
We, ouv
dealI
veave
ou ouv
Iol
in eavlI. WiId
nessengevs,
ve Iove dealI.5
TIus
goes
an
anagvan
oJ Zvn vIo vas Jascinaled
I
anagvans duving
lIe Iasl decades oJ Iev IiJe.
Anagvans
ave
vovds and senlences lIal Iave avisen Jvon lIe
veavvangenenl
oJ
lIe Iellevs oJ a
given
vovd ov
senlence,
Zvn IevseIJ vviles. TIe
oIjecl is,
I puveI
JovnaI
nanipuIalion
oJ lIe
snIoIs
oJ
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FaII-Winlev 1988-89 9
VaIie
Expovl,
Video Voices
Jvon
an Innev
Space
1988
|Honage
a Unica
Zvn:
FIolo OevIavd
Bini)
Ianguage,
lo dvav oul
Iidden,
vepvessed neanings,
lo veslove lIe
dislovled
neaning.
TIal,
in lIe
end,
dealI cones Jvon lIe
Iod
in an
anagvannalic poen,
veveaIs lIe sense
-
lIal lIe conslvuc-
lion oJ lIe Jeninine Jvon lIe
Iod
neans
pain
Jov lIe Jeninine
SeIJ,
and
uIlinaleI,
Iecause oJ lIis
pain,
lIe exlinclion oJ lIe
Iod
ilseIJ. Zvn oJlen JeIl IevseIJ an
aII
oJ lIe Anevican
Indians,
a
nenIev,
so lo
speaI,
oJ an
oppvessed
vace lIvealened
vilI exlinclion. LiJe
ilseIJ, lIeveJove,
couIdn'l endov Iev vilI a
sense oJ Iev ovn. In 1958 sIe
vviles,
lIis IiJe Iasn'l Iecone
n
IiJe. TIe seavcI in one senlence Jov a nev senlence is lIe
seavcI Jov a nev
neaning:
il is lIe
allenpl
lo
give,
even iJ nol lo
IiJe
ilseIJ,
al Ieasl lo senlences aIoul
IiJe,
a nev sense oJ lIeiv ovn.
Even iJ IiJe Iasn'l Iecone Iev
ovn,
one lIal sels Iev
idenlil
Jvee,
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10 Biscouvse 11.1
lIen al Ieasl
Ianguage,
lIe
vovd,
sIouId Iecone Iev ovn. TIe
seavcI Jov a nev sense in a
senlence,
lIe
anagvannalic aclivil
ilseIJ,
is lIe
va
oul Jvon lIe Iouse oJ lIe
Iod,
Jvon lIe
oIslvucled IiJe. In
levviJing
lexls lIe
pain
oJ lIe
Iod
-
oJ lIe
JenaIe
Iod
-
is avlicuIaled. TIe conslvuclion oJ lIe
suIjecl
upon
lIe JenaIe sexuaI cIavaclevislics oJ lIe
Iod
in ouv
palviav-
cIaI
sociel
Ias eJJecled Iev lovluves and IeJl Iev no
va
oul.
Zvn's
lIougIl,
Iev
sensiIiIil,
and Iev SeIJ veve
disJiguved
and
disavvanged I
lIe
sociaII
deJined JenaIe
Iod,
so lIal sIe
Iecane a vonan aJJecled and acled
conspicuousI.
To IooI
anagvannalicaII
Jov a nev
inpIicil
sense in senlences Iecane
an oIsession vilI Iev aJlev
1953,
vIen lIe sense oJ lIe conslvuc-
lion oJ lIe Jeninine
upon
lIe
Iod Iegan
lo vanisI.
MenlaI
iIInesses,
as deconslvuclion oJ lIis JenaIe
Iod,
ov as
dissoIulion oJ lIe
sociaII
delevnined JenaIe
Iod,
Iave
IeIonged
Jov a
Iong
line lo lIe
slvalegies
oJ JenaIe insuvveclions.
TIal Zvn Iived
logelIev
vilI Hans BeIInev,
vIo nade a nane
Jov IinseIJ vilI Iis avlislic
doIIs,
is a
pvovidence
lIal
suppovls
ouv
inlevpvelalion
and lIal is caIIed Jale vIen il is a nallev oJ
deep pvedelevnined
aJJinilies. BeIInev's doIIs
ave, naneI,
IiIe-
nesses oJ a disnenIeved and
nevI
veconIined JenaIe
Iod.
Hence,
BeIInev does
exaclI
lIe sane
lIing
in Iis visuaI avl lIal
Zvn does in Iev
Ianguage.
As lIe
Iod
is divided inlo
ovgans
and lIen
vepealedI veconslvucled,
so lIe senlence is
spIil up
inlo
ils Iellevs and veassenIIed anev.
OIjecluaI
ov vevIaI
anagvan-
nalizing
vesuIls Jvon lIe
inadequac
oJ lIe
Iod
as sociaI
conslvuclion oJ vonan. TIe
inlevcIangeaIiIil
oJ lIe
Iod pavls
and lIe senlence
pavls
slands Jov lIe
inlevcIangeaIiIil
oJ lIe SeIJ
oJ vonen as
Iod.
Via Iev
Iod,
vonan Iecones an eIenenl oJ
lIe sociaI
gvannav
oJ nascuIine desive.
TIvougI
lIe sociaI
gvannav
oJ lIe
Iod,
vIeve lIe JenaIe sel
pieces
sucI as
Iveasls,
IeII, Iollon,
Iegs,
and lIe IiIe ave
inlevcIangeaIIe Iinguislic
eIenenls,
lIe vonan IevseIJ Iecones
inlevcIangeaIIe,
oIIilev-
aled,
and in lIis sense doesn'l
exisl,
as Lacan
sas.
FveciseI lIvougI
veJevence lo lIe
Iod,
lo lIe JenaIe cIav-
aclevislics oJ lIe
Iod |e.g.,
lIe vonI as
opposed
lo lIe
pIaIIus),
vonan suvvendevs IevseIJ Jov Iev ovn
exlinclion in lIe
palviav-
cIaI slvucluve oJ ouv civiIizalion.
Beconslvucled,
Zvn's lexls
sIov us Iov lIe
pevsislence
oJ lIe
Iod
as
naluve,
as sile oJ lIe
Jeninine
naluve,
as sile oJ vonan
|as
il is
expvessed
in lIe
ideoIog
oJ
cIiIdIivlI,
oJ
nolIevIood, elc.)
JoIIovs
exaclI
lIe
lvacI Iaid oul
I palviavcIaI sociel, naneI, oIes exaclI
ils
conslvuclion oJ lIe
Jeninine,
vIeve vonan is a caslvaled nan.
FveciseI
Iecause vonan doesn'l
exisl,
sIe nusl Ie conslvucled.
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FaII-Winlev 1988-89 H
FveciseI
Iecause
inconpIeleness |lIe
IacI oJ a
penis,
lIe
analonicaI
diJJevence)
Iecane lIe
delevnining
Jealuve oJ Jeni-
ninil,
lIe insislence on lIese Jealuves
|Iveasls, vagina),
even iJ
conlovled inlo lIe
posilive,
JoIIovs lIe nascuIine
Iogic
oJ lIe
conslvuclion oJ lIe Jeninine. BisenIodinenl and avoidance oJ
lIe
Iod
ave lIus nol
snonnous
vilI avoidance oJ lIe Jeni-
nine.
OnI lIeve,
vIeve lIe Jeninine is idenliJied vilI lIe JenaIe
pIsicaI cIavaclevislics,
as Fveud sel il
oul,
can lIe avoidance oJ
lIe
Iod |as
Iouse oJ
iIIness)
ov lIe
escape
inlo iIIness
|as
vilI
Islevia)
Ie undevslood as lIe avoidance oJ lIe Jeninine. In
lvulI,
il's a nallev oJ Iov
|as
lIe
Iislov
oJ
Islevia, inlevpveled
Jvon a Jeninisl
poinl
oJ
viev, denonslvales)
lo IveaI
up
lIe
sociaI
idenlil
oJ
Iod
and
vonan,
lo veIease lIe Jeninine SeIJ
Jvon lIe JenaIe
Iod
and ils JenaIe
IioIogicaI IodiI
Junclions,
in a
vovd,
Iov lo canceI lIe sociaI conslvuclion oJ lIe Jeninine
I palviavcI.
In a
pIaIIocvalie
cuIluve, vonan,
lIe
Ieing
lIal Ias no
pIaIIus,
can Ie deJined
onI
as
deJicienc
and
deJecl,
as nonex-
islenl,
since vilI Iev lIeve doesn'l exisl vIal lIe nan Ias
-
lIe
penis.
Hev
pIsicaI,
sexuaI cIavaclevislics ave lIe
negalive
Jovn
oJ lIe
nan's,
navIed
I enpliness
and aIsence
|oJ
lIe
penis).
WIoevev
pvesunes
lo Ie aIIe lo Jound Iev delevninalion oJ SeIJ
on lIe Jeninine
pIsicaI
cIavaclevislics and sexuaI Junclions
onI deepens
lIe nascuIine delevninalion. TIis is
vI
lIe nove
pIaIIocvalie
and Jascisl in ils naIe
Ionding
a
sociel
is,
lIe
Ioudev lIe
Inn
oJ
pvaise
Jov lIe vonan as
nolIev,
as
naluve,
as
cIiIdIeavev is
sung.
TIe
Inn
is
sung
lo lIe JenaIe sexuaI cIav-
aclevislics and
IodiI
Junclions Iecause il is
pvaising
lIe vonan
as
negalive
oJ lIe nan. IJ vonan is lIe
negalive
oJ
nan,
cIavac-
levized
I
IacI and
aIsence,
lIen sIe
is,
IogicaII, vivluaII
nonexislenl and nusl lIeveJove Ie conslvucled. In
pIaIIocvalie
sociel
lIe vonan lIeveJove
discovevs,
as Jav as sIe lvaces Iev ovn
voice,
lIal sIe
is,
I va
oJ Iev
Iod,
delevnined
I
olIevs. IJ ve
vanl, lIen,
lo concevn ouvseIves vilI lIe
lecInoIogies
oJ
vepvo-
duclion,
ve nusl laIe as ouv
slavling poinl
lIal lIe naluvaI
Iod
oJ lIe vonan doesn'l exisl.
We Iave nov
aIvead
indicaled lvo sociaI delevninanls lIal
nol
onI
Jvane lIe
picluve
oJ lIe
Iod |oJ vonan),
Iul aIso
sinuIlaneousI
JasIion ils conlenl as Jvane oJ veJevence. TIese
lvo delevninanls ave
slvucluvaII
inlevconnecled vilI eacI olIev.
TIe one is lIe cuIluvaI
pvoslIelic-IiIe quaIil
oJ lIe
Iod,
lIe
olIev is lIe
gendev
delevninalion oJ lIe
Iod.
IJ Fveud
desig-
naled
nanIind,
lIe cvovn oJ
cvealion,
as a
pvoslIelic
Ood,
lIen
lIis iIIuslvalion oJ cuIluvaI
pvogvess
as
incveasing
sunnalion oJ
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12 Biscouvse 11.1
pvoslIeses
is
conpavaIIe
lo Iis
pvonouncenenl
lIal vIeve id
vas,
lIeve
ego
sIaII Ie. In TIe Bisseclion oJ lIe
FscIicaI
FevsonaIil,
lIe
lIivl-Jivsl
Iecluve in IisAJev
Inlvoduclov
Lecluves on
FscIo-AnaIsis |1933)
Ie adds lo lIis
inpevalive
lIe
senlence Il is a vovI oJ cuIluve
-
nol unIiIe lIe
dvaining
oJ
lIe Zuidev Zee
[sic].6 Heve, loo,
lIe vovI oJ cuIluve is
conpaved
vilI a
lecInoIogicaII civiIizing
vovI,
vIicI in luvn is
conpaved
vilI lIe vovI oJ
pscIoIogicaI deveIopnenl.
BeJove
lIal,
Fveud vvole lIe inlenlion oJ
lIevapeulic
eJJovl
is, indeed,
lo
slvenglIen
lIe
ego,
lo naIe il nove
independenl
oJ lIe
supev-
ego,
lo viden ils JieId oJ
pevceplion
and
enIavge
ils
ovganizalion,
so lIal il can
appvopviale
JvesI
povlions
oJ lIe id
|BFF 80). Ego
Jovnalion,
idenlil, soveveignl
oJ lIe
suIjecl
on lIe one
Iand,
and
lecInoIogicaI
exlension oJ lIe
Iod,
lvansJovnalion oJ
naluve
lIvougI pvoslIelic auxiIiav ovgans,
and
lecInoIogicaI
inpvovenenl
on lIe olIev
Iand,
lIus sland Jov Fveud undev lIe
sane
oIe, naneI,
lIal oJ lIe vovI oJ cuIluve.
Is il
n
deslinalion lo cone inlo
Ieing
lIeve vIeve id vas?
Bul
Iov,
iJ id is lIe
oIjecl
and lIe
pIaIIus
lIe
suIjecl
oJ lIe
unconscious? TIen
vonan,
vIo Ias no
pIaIIus,
can
onI
Ie a
Iosl
signiJiev,
cIavaclevized
I
caslvalion and Ience
I
IacI oJ
Ieing.
IJ
Ieing
is veIaled lo a
signiJiev
-
lIe
pIaIIus,
lIe
snIoI
Jov lIe IiIido
-
lIen il JoIIovs lIal vonan Ias no
Ieing
and nusl Ie conslvucled.
Bepvoduclion lecInoIog
is, lIeveJove,
lo Ie vieved anIi-
vaIenlI.
On one Iand il is a
pvogvession
oJ lIe vovI oJ cuIluve
-
lIe
pvoslIelic
lvansJovnalion oJ lIe
Iod,
lIe
expvopvialion
oJ lIe
Iod, discovpovalion,
and lIe
lvavevsing
oJ lIe
pIan-
lasn,
lIe
sepavalion
oJ lIe
suIjecl
Jvon lIe
oIjecl,
lIe deveI-
opnenl
oJ lIe
ego,
lIe
IveaI-lIvougI
inlo
Ieing.
Bul as lIis
Iappens
undev a nascuIine
signiJiev, vepvoduclion lecInoIog
is,
on lIe olIev
Iand,
a conlinualion oJ lIe nascuIine conslvuclion
oJ lIe Jeninine.
FveciseI
Iecause vonan doesn'l
exisl,
ov does
so
onI
as
Iod,
science can
expevinenl
unIindeved on
naluve,
on lIe
Iod
oJ vonan. So vonan is in a
douIIe-Iind,
in a
no-exil
silualion:
Iev
passe |Lacan),
Iev
lvavevsing
oJ lIe
pIan-
lasn is IvoIen. Because on lIe one Iand vonan nusl
puvsue
lIe
pvocess
oJ lIe lvansJovnalion oJ lIe id inlo
ego,
lIe Jovnalion
inlo
suIjecl,
so lIal I an nol viII Ie ovevIaid
I
il is I. Bul
on lIe olIev
Iand,
lIe
exposing
oJ
caslvalion,
oJ
penisIessness,
|i.e.,
Jov lIe vonan lIe veluvn lo lIe
oIjecl,
lo I don'l
lIinI)
slands al lIe end oJ lIe
anaIsis.
TIe
lvavevsing
oJ lIe
pIanlasn
is lIvavled
I
lIe
pIaIIic signiJiev.
TIe
Iod
oJ vonan is lIus
lIe sile vIeve cuIluve nanuJacluves lIe IIocIade oJ vonan.
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FaII-Winlev 1988-89 13
BigIl
in lIe
vev Iod
oJ vonan
IevseIJ,
lIe vovId eslaIIisIes
lIe
vupluve,
lIe
conlvadiclion,
and lIe
incongvuil
oJ id and
ego
lIal
expvess
IinilIess
pain
oJ innev dislovlion. Hence il cones
lIal vonen
pevceive
lIeiv Iodies as nivvovs oJ lIe vovId in lIose
nenlaII
iII
pIases,
vIeve lIe suIconscious avlicuIales
ilseIJ,
vIeve lIeve is veIeIIion
againsl
lIe
lIvavling I
lIe
pIaIIic
signiJiev.
In lIe
Iod
ilseIJ
lIe expevience
lIeiv lesl oJ lensiIe
slvenglI
in lIe
vovIings
oJ lIe
signiJiev,
vIicI decides lIeiv
Ieing
ov
nonIeing.
TIe
painlev
and vvilev Leonova
Cavvinglon
vviles in Unlen
,
vIeve sIe
vepovls
Iev
pevceplions
as sIe
Ia
Iound Iand and Jool
as
incuvaII
insane in a sanaloviun in Sanlandev in 1940
I Iad induced lIe
voniling InovingI,
inasnucI as I dvanI
lIe valev oJ
ovange
IIossons. Al lIe
line,
I
Ioped
lo Ie aIIe
lo divevl
nseIJ
Jvon
n pain lIvougI
lIe vioIenl
cvanps
lIal love
n
slonacI IiIe an
eavlIquaIe.
Nov I Inov lIal
lIis vas
jusl
one
aspecl
oJ lIe
voniling
I Iad Iecone
acquainled
vilI lIe
injuslice
oJ
sociel,
and vanled Jivsl lo
puviJ nseIJ
and so Ieave ils IvulaI
slupidil
IeIind ne.
M
slonacI vas lIe seal oJ lIis
sociel,
Iul aIso lIe Iocalion in
vIicI lIe eIenenls oJ lIe eavlI uniled vilI ne. Il
vas,
lo use
ils
inage,
lIe nivvov oJ lIe
eavlI,
vIose
oviginaI inage
Ias
lIe sane
veaIil
as lIe one veJIecled. TIis nivvov
-
n
slonacI
-
Iad lo Ie
puvged
oJ lIicI
Iaevs
oJ JiIlI
|oJ
lIe
genevaII appIicaIIe JovnuIae),
so lIal il couId
again pvovide
an accuvale
nivvov-inage
oJ lIe eavlI. . . ?
TIe idenliJicalion
Iegins
lo vavev. TIe
Iod
delacIes ilseIJ Jvon
lIe
suIjecl
and idenliJies ilseIJ vilI lIe
oIjecls
oJ lIe oulside
vovId
To
Iegin
vilI,
lIe dvive
pvoceeded
vilIoul
incidenl,
unliI
lIe
cav, lvenl
IiIonelevs
Ieond
Sainl Mavlin, slopped
vilI
lIe IvaIes
janned.
I Ieavd CalIevine
sa
TIe IvaIes ave
janned. Janned!
I, loo,
vas
janned
inside, I povevs
lIal veven'l accessiIIe lo
n
conscious viII,
and I vas
convinced lIal lIe Jovce oJ
n anxiel
Iad cavvied ovev lo lIe
necIanisn oJ lIe cav and Iad Ianed il. TIis vas lIe Jivsl
line lIal I idenliJied
nseIJ
vilI lIe vovId oulside
n Iod.
I vas lIe cav.
|15)
OIiding aIong
lIe cIain oJ
signiJievs,
lIe
ego
idenliJies ilseIJ in a
IogicaI sequence
Jivsl vilI lIe
Iod,
lIen lIe
Iod
vilI lIe
oIjecls
oJ lIe oulside
vovId,
and
JinaII
lIe
ego
vilI lIe
oIjecl
|I
an lIe
cav),
Jvon vIicI lIe
ego
Iad
oviginaII
sel oul lo
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14 Biscouvse 11.1
diJJevenliale ilseIJ. TIeve is no
ego
al aII vilIoul lIis diJJevenlia-
lion. I an lIe cav is lIus JovJeiluve oJ
ego
and
Ieing.
In lIe
apovia
I an lIe
cav,
in lIis
IogicaI
conlvadiclion,
lIe vIoIe dead-end slveel inlo vIicI lIe
Iod
sleevs vonan in
ouv cuIluve Iecones
vecognizaIIe.
TI e
passe
Iecones Jov vonan
a dead-end slveel
-
an
inpasse
. TIe
nisev
oJ lIe cuIluve is
incveased sliII
nove,
inasnucI as lIe cuIluvaI vovI oJ vonan
counls Jov IillIe in
il,
and nusl
necessaviI
counl Jov IillIe.
Because iJ lIe vovI oJ cuIluve indeed conlviIules lo lIe nuliIa-
lion and lIe
disappeavance
oJ
vonan,
lIen il
cevlainI
can'l al
lIe sane line Ie Iev Jovun.
CuIluve,
as ve Inov il
loda,
is nol
lIe avena oJ lIe
vonan:
sIe is exiIed Jvon il
I
deJinilion. TIis
expIains vI
SIosIana FeInan
|oJ
lIe
Lacan
scIooI)
in Iev
IooI,
Wviling
and Madness
,
addvesses
onI vvilings I
nen
|NevvaI, FIauIevl, BaIzac,
Henv Janes), aIlIougI
lIe insane
lexls
I
vonen ave lIe nosl veIevanl and
veveaIing.
WIen
FeInan vviles lIal lIe nadness siIenced
I sociel
Ias Ieen
given
voice
I Iilevaluve,
sIe conlinues lIe siIence oJ
sociel
aIoul lIe insane Iilevaluve
I
vonen.8 Lilevaluve Ias
given
a
voice lo nascuIine
nadness,
Iecause even in lIeiv
aIevvalion,
nen ave
pavl
oJ civiIizalion. Bul Iilevaluve Ias as
el
lo
gvanl
JenaIe nadness a voice.
TIe
Enigna oJ
Wonan
Fveud sees lIe viddIe oJ
Jenininil
as Iased on ils sexu-
aIil,
on lIe inJIuence oJ IacI oJ a
penis
on lIe
conJiguvalion
oJ
Jenininil.9
TIe analonicaI sexuaI
diJJevence,
inlevpveled
as
IacI and
deJecl,
Ias
Jav-veacIing pscIoIogicaI consequences
and
conslilules lIe
Ieing
oJ
vonen,
vIicI is
IavgeI
delevnined
I
lIeiv sexuaI
Junclion,
even iJ an individuaI vonan
na
Ie a
Iunan
Ieing
in olIev
vespecls
as veII
|135).
Heve
pscIoanaI-
sis
avlicuIales lIe consciousness oJ lIe
civiIizalion,
lIe cuIluvaI
code oJ lIe vonan. TIus il Iecones cIeav lIal in a
pIaIIocvalie
sociel
lIe deJinilion oJ vonan
lIvougI
lIe sexuaI Junclion oJ
lIe
Iod
nol
onI
excIudes vonan Jvon lIe
cuIluve,
Iul even
oIslvucls Iev SeIJ-acluaIizalion. No vondev lIal
vonan,
in Iev
anIivaIence Ielveen
insuvgence
and
acconnodalion,
Ielveen
id and
ego,
and Ielveen
conpIelion
and
Jvagnenl,
Iecones an
enigna.
CiviIizalion
pvoduces
lIe
enigna
vonan. In aII Jeni-
nine
allenpls
al veIeIIion
againsl
lIe aIien cIassiJicalion
I
lIe
nascuIine
Iogos,
as
lIvougI Islevia
ov
anovexia,
lIe sile Ias
Ieen, lIeveJove,
lIe
Iod.
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In lIe exIiIilion oJ
lopicaI
avl
I
vonen I
ovganized
vilI
SiIvia
EiIInav,
MoniIa
FviscI-Maiev,
CalIvin
FicIIev,
and
Heidi Ovundnann in 1985 al lIe Museun oJ lIe TvenlielI
Cenluv
in Vienna
-
Kunsl nil
Eigen-Sinn |Avl
vilI a
Sense oJ One's Ovn/Avl vilI a Sense oJ Ils
Ovn)10
-
I
pves-
enled avlvovIs
vIicI,
as lIe exIiIilion's lilIe indeed
aIvead
sas, pose
lIe
queslion
aIoul Jeninine
idenlil,
aIoul a IiJe oJ
ils ovn and a sense oJ ils ovn
|see Zvn),
and
especiaII, slage
lIe
inlevpvelalions
oJ lIe
ego
slalus oJ vonan via lIe
Iod.
TIese
slagings
oJ lIe
ego
-
via lIe
Iod,
via
inages
oJ lIe
Iod
ov via a
Jvagnenled Iod
-
sIoved lIe
lendenc
lo Ieave
lIe slalus oJ sacviJiciaI viclin
IeIind,
inasnucI as lIe sociaI
conslvuclion oJ
vonan,
lIe vounds oJ lIe deJecl
vonan,
lIe
deslvuclive
anIivaIence,
lIe cuIluvaI codes oJ
vonan,
lIe
IIocIade oJ lIe
passe
,
and lIe cuIluvaI
povlvaaIs
oJ vonan
IevseIJ veve nade lIe lIene. Fov one
lIing
sIouId nol Ie
nislaIen lIeve is
IavdI
a Jeninine
inaginalion
ov a Jeninisl
aeslIelic lIal inlends lo inscviIe ilseIJ inlo lIe cuIluve lIal
vouId nol Iave Ieen vvillen Jvon vilIin lIe avena oJ
palviav-
cIaI discouvse.
Hence,
I vvole as
eavI
as 1973 Avl can Ie a
nediun Jov ouv
seIJ-delevninalion,
Iul
onI
iJ ve
cIange
avl.
TIis oJJevs avl nev vaIues. TIese vaIues viII
cIange veaIil I
neans oJ lIe cuIluvaI
snIoIic pvocess
lovavds
adaplalion
lo
Jeninine needs.11
In
ego-slagings
via lIe
Iod
ov in Jeninine
oIjecls |IiIe
lIe
Ied),
one is aIIe lo
vecognize
Iov lIe Jeninine lvies lo
escape
lIal anIivaIence oJ lIe vovI oJ cuIluve Ielveen lvansJovnalion
oJ lIe
Iod |lIe ego
as
oIjecl)
and lvansJovnalion oJ lIe id
|lIe
id
as
ego)
in ovdev lo acIieve a
speciJic
Jeninine
aeslIelic,
an avl
vilI
Eigen-Sinn,
a Jeninine SeIJ.
TIe Sviss avlisl Mivian
CaIn,
vIo iIIuslvales
giganlic
sIeels oJ
papev
vIiIe
Iing
on lIe
JIoov,
acIieves lIis vovI oJ
cuIluve in lIal
posilion
vIicI cuIluve allviIules
lvadilionaII
lo
Iev
gendev.
In lIe
picluves
oJ cuIluvaI
Iislov,
vonan
usuaII
Iies slvelcIed oul in Ied ov on a soJa ov sonevIeve eIse. TIis
gendev speciJic pasl
vIicI is nade
appavenl
in a
pIsicaI posi-
lion,
lIis
pvescviIed passivil,
is, Iovevev,
vupluved I vev
viId
sIelcIing.
Hev
covpovaI lecInique
causes Mivian CaIn lo caII
Iev
dvavings spaliaI
vovI. TIe
spaliaII enconpassing
lendenc
oJ lIe JenaIe
Iod
undev condilions oJ
ego
insuvveclion
is indeed JaniIiav lo us Jvon
Cavvinglon's
lexls.
InvevseI
lo lIe
nascuIine
oplics
lIal, accovding
lo
Fveud,
naIes
evev
nade
oIjecl
a
pvojeclion oJ
lIe Iunan
Iod,
lIe Jeninine
oplics
annexes lIe envivonnenlaI
space,
lIe
oIjecls,
inlo lIe Iunan
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16 Biscouvse 11.1
Iod.
CaIn lIeveJove nanes Iev vovI
spaliaI
vovI,
since Iev
pIsicaI dvaving
on lIe JIoov aIso incIudes lIe
space.
TIe CzecI avlisl Eva Knenlov
sas
I nove in lIe nicvo-
cosnos oJ
nseIJ, n Iod
and lIe
lIings
lIal suvvound ne. So
Ieve ve Jind
again
lIe
lpicaI
lviad oJ
seIJ, Iod,
and
oIjecls,
vIicI aIIov lIe Jeninine
idenlil
lo JIoal and vIicI naIe il
diJJuse,
vIeveI
lIe vonan doesn'l
idenliJ
IevseIJ vilI sone-
lIing
in
pavlicuIav,
vilI nevev
Ieing onI
one
|Luce Ivigava).
SIe Iecones lIe sex lIal is nol
one,
in ovdev lo evade lIe
inpasse
evecled
I
lIe
pIaIIocvac,
lo evade lIe
pvoIiIilion
oJ lIe
passe.
Lauva CavIolla exIiIiled a cIesl oJ dvavevs in vIicI
pIolo-
gvapIs
oJ
Iod pavls Ia
in lIe
open
dvavevs. TIe
Iod
Iecones
Juvniluve,
nelonnicaII,
a Iouse in vIicI lIe
SeIJ,
lIe
ego
Iives,
Iul al lIe sane line il Iecones a cav vIeve lIe
ego
Ioses
ilseIJ. Hence lIe
disinlegvaled vepvesenlalion
oJ lIe
Iod
in lIe
pIologvapIs.
Because vilI lIe Jeninine assiniIalion oJ lIe
envivonnenl
lIvougI
lIe
Iod,
ov vilI lIe
vegvession
oJ lIe
Iod
inlo
oIjecl |see
aIso lIe Auslvian
painlev
Mavia
Lassnig's
1977
seIJpovlvail
as a
cIaiv,
Niagava
CIaiv
SeIJpovlvail)
lIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ lIe
Iod
laIes
pIace
in
pavls, Jvagnenls,
ov
necIanisns
|I
an lIe
cav).
TIis indicales lIal vonan vievs
Iev ovn
Iod
Jvon oulside as aIien. To viev lIe
Iod
Jvon
inside vouId nean lo
expevience
il
lIvougI expvessions
oJ ils
needs,
as
Scavv covveclI
descviIes
|285),
Iul lIese needs oJ lIe
JenaIe
Iod
ave in lIis cuIluve indeed nade
laIoo,
cul oJJ. So lIis
is nol
possiIIe
Jov vonan. Mavia
Lassnig speaIs
oJ
Iod-avave-
ness-dvavings,
lIe Jivsl
seIJ-vepvesenlalions
oJ an
inlvospec-
lion,
Iul sIovs us
onI oIjecls
and aninaIs vilI vIicI Iev
Iod
Ias
gvovn logelIev.
WilI Iev inside-vievs sIe veJevs IacI
lo lIe
veaIil
oJ
Iod- Iousing,
Iecause a Iouse as a
nelapIov
Jov lIe
Iod
oJ vonan nol
onI covvesponds
lo lIe JenaIe
expe-
vience oJ lIe
Iod inposed I
ouv
cuIluve,
one
expevienced
Jvon
oulside
-
aIlIougI
lIe
opposile
is
occasionaII
cIained
I
vonen lIenseIves
|lIe
avlisls I Iave naned indeed
aIvas speaI
aIoul
space
and lIe
oIjecls
vIicI suvvound lIe
Iod,
nevev
aIoul lIe visceva ov needs oJ lIe
Iod)
-
Iul aIso Iecause in
palviavcIaI
civiIizalion vonan is
acluaII
a Iouse TIe dveII-
ing-Iouse
vas a suIslilule Jov lIe nolIev's vonI
|Fveud,
CB
91).
TIe vonan as
Iouse,
as sIeIlev Jov lIe
IaI,
is lIe veduclion
oJ vonan lo lIe
ulevus,
lIe nolIev's vonI.
Sociel,
in
Jacl,
assigns onI
lo vonan lIe voIe oJ lIe
Iouse, i.e.,
lIe
IioIogicaI
Junclion oJ
cIiIdIeaving,
lIe
cavving
oJ lIe Jvuil. Fveud
cevlainI
doesn'l
sa
TIe Iouse vas a suIslilule Jov lIe JalIev's
Iod,
as lIe
nelapIov
vouId Ie senseIess vilIoul lIe
anaIog
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giving neaning
lo Iouse and nolIev's
vonI,
vIicI lIe nela-
pIov
naIes
possiIIe. SiniIavI
lIe FvencI
scuIplvess
Louise
Bouvgeoise |vIo
Iives in Nev
YovI)
oJlen
depicls
vonen as
Iouses and lIe
vagina
as enlvance and
lIeveI
conJivns lIe
nascuIine ide
Jixe
aIoul lIe
Ieing
and Junclion oJ vonan.
TIe
IodiI
avaveness oJ vonan is cIavaclevized
I
lIe
expevience
oJ lIe
Iod
as
Ioundav,
as diJJevence.
FveciseI
Iecause lIe SeIJ
nevges
vilI lIe
Iod
undev lIe
pvessuve
oJ
cuIluve,
lIis
uvge
is
pvesenl
lo
give
lIe
Iod
vIal il vasn'l
possiIIe
lo
give
lIe
ego
-
aulonon
and deIinealion Jvon lIe
oulside
vovId,
lIe
supevego.
In ovdev lo delecl lIe diJJevence
Ielveen ilseIJ and lIe oulside
vovId,
lIe
Iod
nusl Jivsl delecl
ilseIJ. TIe
covpovaI expevience
oJ lIe
diJJevence,
vIicI lIe
analonicaI
gendev
diJJevence
vepeals,
Iecones
inpovlanl.
Fvon
il avises lIe
onloIogicaI expevience
oJ lIe
Iod
as diJJevence. TIe
analonicaI diJJevence oJ lIe sexuaI
Iod
is lIe
oviginaI
diJJev-
ence.
TIvougI
Iev
Iod
vonan Iecones diJJevence. So lIe
Iod
aIso Iecones an inslvunenl lo
expevience
and
expvess
Iev diJJev-
ence. Bul as ve Iave
seen,
lIe JenaIe
Iod
doesn'l
pvesenl
ilseIJ
as a
unil
vilI
ilseIJ,
as
aulononous,
Iul valIev as Ielevo-
nonous,
associaled vilI
pIsicaI oIjecls
and aninaIs. In
appeavance,
lIe diJJevence is
oIIilevaled,
lIe
Ioundav
diJJuse. In
lvulI,
Iidden IeIind il is a
pvoIIen
oJ
vepvesenlalion.
TIe
Enigna oJ
lIe
Inage
In ovdev lo
vepvesenl
lIenseIves as
diJJevence,
lIe Ielevo-
nonous eIenenls
|lIe Iod
as veII as lIe
oIjecls)
nusl Ie
pvesenl
al lIe sane line. TIe diJJevence can'l Ie denonslvaled
olIevvise,
Jov iJ I veve lo sIov
onI
lIe
Iod
ov
onI
lIe
oIjecls,
I vouIdn'l Ie
povlvaing
lIe diJJevence. In lIe
vepvesenlalionaI
Jusion oJ
Iod
and
oIjecls,
oJ
Iod
and
space,
in lIe annexalion
oJ envivonnenlaI
Iod
inlo one's ovn
Iod,
il is nol conJusion
vIicI is
vepvesenled,
Iul valIev lIe nevciIess diJJevence vIicI is
lIe veaI
expevience
oJ lIe JenaIe
Iod.
TIe
onloIogicaI expe-
viencing
oJ lIe
Iod I
vonan is lIe sinuIlaneous
expeviencing
oJ lIe
pevsonaI
and lIe aIien. KaJIa's vovds,
lIe
onI veaIil
is
pain, appI
Iecause lIe
expeviencing
oJ lIe
Iod
as lIe
expe-
viencing
oJ diJJevence is
painJuI. TIvougI
lIis
vepvesenlalionaI
Jusion lIe exlevnaI vovId
is,
oJ
couvse,
voIIed oJ lIe
pviviIege
oJ
Ieing
inaninale. A consciousness oJ one's ovn
Ieing
aIive
lvansJevs ilseIJ in lIis Jeninine ex lension/
pvojeclion
oJ lIe
Iod
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18 Biscouvse 11.1
VaIie
Expovl,
Video Hononelev
|FIolo
OevIavd
Bini)
lo lIe envivonnenl. Heve is lo Ie seen lIe souvce Jov lIal
aninisn lIal is so
JondI
allviIuled lo vonen lIeiv
JeeIing
Jov
pIanls
and aninaIs and inaninale
oIjecls.
NevevlIeIess,
lIis
aninalion oJ inaninale
oIjecls,
vIicI is deJaned as aninisn
vIen il
appIies
lo a Jeninine exlension ov
pvojeclion
oJ lIe
Iod,
is
nolIing
olIev lIan lIe divecl Iusiness oJ cuIluve. TIe lecIno-
lvansJovnalion oJ lIe
vovId,
lIe
vepIacenenl
oJ
ovgans I pvos-
lIeses,
is indeed a
lpe
oJ
|invevse) aninisn,
vIeve
Iiving ovgans
ave
equaled
vilI IiJeIess
oIjecls.
TIe aninislic
aIiIil
oJ lIe
vonan
|especiaII
lIe
vilcI)
is lIus lIe
negalive
Jovn oJ lIe
nascuIine Fvoleus-IiIe
cvealivil.
Il is lIeveJove nol
suvpvising
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FaII- Winlev 1988-89 19
lIal JelisIisn is lo Ie Jound in lIe aninislic as veII as in lIe
lecInicaI
vovId,
since lIeiv connon
ovigin
is lIe
pvojeclion
oJ
lIe Iunan
Iod
inlo lIe
envivonnenl,
ov vice
vevsa,
so lIal nan
can
appeav
as a nacIine and nacIines can
appeav
Iunan. TIe
slvucluve oJ
vepvesenlalion
is a slvucluve oJ
JelisIisn,
SlepIen
HealI
|JoIIoving BavlIes)
lIeveJove
covveclI
vviles in TIe
SexuaI Fix.12 TIe
Iijeclive
associalion oJ aninisn and lecIno-
lvansJovnalion Ience Jocuses in lIe Iunan
Iod
lIeiv connon
dvean oJ lIe cvealion oJ lIe avliJiciaI
Iunan,
oJ lIe JinaI
lviunpI
oJ lIe aninalion oJ lIe inaninale. Il is oJ
speciaI
Iislov-
icaI
inpovlance
in lIis conneclion lo indicale lIal lIe
inage
oJ
lIe nosl
popuIav
avliJiciaI
Iunan,
naneI
FvanIenslein's
nonslev,
vas cvealed
I
a
vonan,
I Mav
WoIIslonecvaJl
SIeIIe,
in
1818,
al lIe
Ieginning
oJ lIe nacIine
age
and lIe
induslviaI
vevoIulion,
and vilI lIe
descviplive
suIlilIe,
TIe Nev
FvonelIeus. Cvealions Jvon lIe lesl
luIe,
avliJiciaII engendeved
IiJe,
ov
vepvoduclive lecInoIogies
ave lIus nol aIien lo
l
'anin-
islic'
'
vonen,
even lo vonen oJ lIe
age
oJ vonanlicisn.
We
vecognize
lIal lIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ lIe diJJevence in lIe
inage,
vIicI exIiIils lIe JenaIe
expevience
oJ lIe
Iod
in ils
anIivaIenl douIIe
slvucluve,
cveales nol
onI
lIe
enigna
oJ
vonan,
Iul lIe
enigna
oJ lIe
inage
as veII. In lIe
vepvesenla-
lionaI
sslen
oJ
pIaIIocvalie cuIluve,
vIeve vonan
onI
exisls as
Iod
ov as
inage |ov
nol al
aII),
lIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ nan is
lvanspavenl,
lIal oJ
vonan, Iovevev,
opaque,
since vonan is
aIvas lving
lo Ie nove lIan
Iod
and
inage. FevIaps
one
couId even
sa
lIal ouv cuIluve Ias
pvoduced onI inages
oJ
vonen and lIal lIe
onI pIace
vIeve vonen can
vecognize
lIenseIves is in
inages.
Bul
inages
nade
I
vIon? TIe
posl-
nodevn
pvaclice
oJ
queslioning
and
deconslvucling
lIe
inages
oJ
vonen vIicI Iave Ieen
Iegollen
in lIe cuIluve and veaIized in
painlings
and
pvinl
nedia
-
oJ
invesligaling
lIen dovn lo
lIeiv Jeninine
idenlil
-
is an
assignnenl
vIose
diJJicuIl,
iJ
nol lo
sa apovia,
couId Ie JovnuIaled lIus vilI veJevence lo lIe
passage
Jvon Fveud vilI vIicI I
opened
lIis
essa.
TIe
inages
oJ vonan vIicI ouv cuIluve Ias
pvoduced
ave
lIe
povlvaaIs
oJ a
veaIil
lIal isn'l lIe sane
acluaIil
Jov
evevone,
Iul
vIicI,
as
sociaII conslvucled,
vepvesenls
diJJevenl
inlevesls. TIe
caneva,
vIicI Ias
pvoduced
lIe
inage Iing
in lIe
cuIluvaI
deveIoping lva,
is lIe nascuIine
ee.
13
TIe
inage
lIal is
deveIoping
ilseIJ nov in lIe cuIluve
|deveIoping lva),
is il lIe
veaI
inage
oJ vonan? Is il lIe
inage
oJ vonan al aII? And
Iov can lIe Jeninine
oIjecl
oJ
povlvaaI deveIop
ilseIJ inlo a
pIolo
oJ
ilseIJ,
lIe
pIolo
oJ vonan inlo lIe
suIjecl
vonan?
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Hov does lIe
ego |oJ vonan)
Jovn ilseIJ
oIIiqueI lIvougI,
lIe
lpicaI
idenliJicalions oJ lIe
suIjecl,
vIeve il can
vecognize
ilseIJ,
iJ
sociel
eilIev IIocIs lIe
goaIs
oJ idenliJicalion Jov
vonan,
ov
naIes lIen diJJuse ov
vandonI
vaviaIIe? Fveud ansvevs vilI
lIe
veaIil pvincipIe.
Bul ve nusl
asI,
is il lIe
veaIil
oJ lIe
Iod
ov lIe
veaIil
oJ lIe
inages |since
lIese oJlen
convevge
vilI
vonen)?
TIeveJove lIe Jeninine aeslIelic laIes vecouvse aInosl
excIusiveI
lo lIe
|naIed) Iod
oJ vonan ov lIe
decoding
oJ lIe
inage
oJ vonan. We Iave seen Iov IolI
-
lIe
expevience
oJ
lIe
Iod
and lIe
vepvesenlalion
in lIe
inage
-
ave
opaque
Iecause oJ lIe sociaI
inpasse
in vIicI vonan Jinds IevseIJ. TIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ lIe diJJevence in lIe
expeviences
oJ lIe
Iod,
IiIe lIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ lIe diJJevence in lIe
inage,
ave
opaque
and anIivaIenl. TIe
opaque vepvesenlalion |oJ
lIe
diJJevence)
pvoduces
lIe
enigna
oJ vonan and lIe
enigna
oJ lIe
inage.
In
lIe
inage,
in lIe
vepvesenlalion,
lIe
Ie
lo lIe
enigna
vonan
conceaIs ilseIJ. TIe vonan is coveved
I inages, I pvojeclions,
I
codes. Hence lIe aInosl nanic
passion
in lIe Jeninisl
aeslIelic oJ lIe
poslnodevn
lo deconslvucl
vonan,
lo disvoIe Iev
oJ Iev
inages,
and in
pevJovnance,
lo disvoIe lIe
Iod
oJ
vonan. TIis deconslvuclion and
decoding
oJ
veaIil
in
inages
and oJ
inages
oJ
veaIil
cannol sIaIe oJJ lIe vivus oJ lIe nascu-
Iine discouvse
|Iecause
oJ lIe nenlioned
pvoIIenalic
oJ
vepvesen-
lalion)
and lIus sland in
dangev
oJ
Ianding
in a
no-space,
in
IIacI
enpl-space,
as lIe
expeviences
oJ vonen avlisls sIov us.
In lIe
calaIog
lo lIe exIiIilion Kunsl nil
Eigen-Sinn,
lIe
Fovluguese pIologvapIev
HeIena AIneida vviles
apvopos
oJ Iev
seIJpovlvails,
vIeve Iev
Iod,
coveved vilI IIacI
cIolIing,
nevges seanIessI
inlo lIe
IIacI-painled IacIgvound
Nov I vanled lo innevse
n
ovn
Iod
in IIacI
-
jusl
lo
see. TIis
expevience
in IIacI
gave
ne lIe sensalion as iJ I
veve
expanding
inlo inJinile
space.
Il vas as
lIougI n
innev seIJ Iad JIed lo lIe Iinils oJ
n Iod and,
since il couId
nol
sla Ieve,
Iad IeJl ne and
dispevsed
ilseIJ in aII
diveclions,
in an undeJinaIIe oulside. Il vas lIe sensalion lo consisl oJ
nolIing,
lo
give nseIJ up
and al lIe sane line lo JeeI an
aIundance lIal Ied lo lIis sovl oJ
JIoaling-JaIIing-space.
TIe lIene
aIvead
JaniIiav lo us veluvns
again
lIe idenliJicalion
oJ lIe SeIJ vilI lIe
Iod,
lIe
Ioundav,
lIe
expansion
oJ lIe
ego
inlo
space
and lIe sinuIlaneous Ioss oJ
ego,
lIe consciousness oJ
nolIingness
and oJ
enpliness.
TIe avena oJ vonan is lIus lIe
enpl space,
lIe vivluaI
space,
lIe
no-space.
TIe
povlvaaI
oJ
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HeIen
AIneida,
TIe AleIiev 1984
vonan
I
neans oJ lIe vonan
coIIapses
inlo a IIacI
IoIe,
so
lolaI is lIe
inpasse.
TIe
pIolo deveIoping
undev lIe Jeninine
ee
is
IIacI:
il
ieIds
no
inage
oJ vonan al aII. TIe BvilisI avlisl
HeIen CIadvicI's
Ego
Oeonelvia Sun
IncuIalov,
a
pIolo
inslaIIalion,
sIovs
pIolos
oJ Iev
Iod
in
posilions
oJ lIe luvn oJ
lIe
cenluv logelIev
vilI cIiIdIood
oIjecls
ov
geonelvicaI
soIids:
lIe
pIolos
ave
suIsequenlI
nounled allacIed lo lIe
geonelvicaII
veduced cIiIdIood
oIjecls,
vIicI ave
again
vepealed aIong
lIe vaIIs. TIis inslaIIalion lvies lo veconciIe lvo
discouvses
-
lIe
Iod |lIe
naluvaI
analon)
and lIe nacIine
|geonelv),
lIe
ovganicaII
aIive and lIe IiJeIess. Bul in Iev
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geonelvic spIinleving
oJ Iev ovn
Iod
sIe sIovs us
again
lIe
ego
dissoIulion,
lIe vivluaI
space,
lIe vivluaI aIsence oJ lIe
vonan,
vIo as sex lIal is nol one
|Ivigava),
avoids
evev
deJinilion, cIassiJicalion,
ov idenliJicalion. TIe
queslion
is
onI
vIelIev lIis avoidance
Iappens voIunlaviI
ov as
escapisn
undev
lIe
pvessuve
oJ lIe one
signiJiev
-
pIaIIocvalie
civiIizalion. TIe
Jeninine
slagings
oJ Iev ovn
covpovaIil
ave
slagings
oJ dissoIu-
lion,
oJ
opacil,
oJ
indelevninac,
oJ
anIivaIence,
oJ Iave
vivluaIil.
TIe
Bepvesenlalion oJ
lIe
Bod
and Ils AIandonnenl
Ma
one concIude Jvon lIis lIal lIe Jeninine SeIJ nusl
delacI ilseIJ Jvon ils ovn
Iod
as Jvon ils ovn
inages?
Boesn'l
lIe IIacI vivluaI
space
oJ vonan lend lovavds lIe denonslvalion
oJ lIe
disappeavance
oJ lIe
Iod,
as in AIneida's
pIologvapI?
IJ vonan doesn'l exisl and Iev
space
is
invisiIIe,
lIeveJove
IIacI,
lIen Iev
veaIil
cannol Ie lIe visiIIe
Iod,
nov lIe
inage
oJ
veaIil.
Wonan nusl undevnine and ovevvIeIn lIe Jovns oJ
vepvesenlalion
-
Iod
as veII as
inage
counl
anong
lIen
-
undev vIicI sIe Ias Ieen aIased. In an eva cIavaclevized
I
vIal
Mavlin
Heideggev
said in TIe
Age
oJ lIe WovId Viev in 1938
|puIIisIed
in
1952)
-
lIal lIe vovId is Iul an
inage,
lIal lIe
vovId
onI
exisls
lIvougI
lIe
suIjecls
vIo IeIieve
lIe
cveale lIe
vovId inasnucI as
lIe pvoduce
ils
vepvesenlalion
-
vonan
nusl vuin lIe
vepvesenlalion,
lIe
appavalus
oJ
vepvesenlalion
oJ
ouv
sociel,
in ovdev lo acIieve
Being.
Bul sIe nusl aIso
den
Iev
negalive
Jovns devived Jvon lIe
nascuIine,
lIe so-caIIed Jeni-
nine, i.e.,
sIe nusl
accepl
lIal vonan doesn'l Iave lo Ie a
nolIev,
doesn'l Iave lo Ie
passive,
doesn'l Iave lo Ie
Iod,
a
Jeninine seIJ Jov sone olIev seIJ. In lIe
pIvase n IeII IeIongs
lo ne vonan
again
idenliJies lIe
ego
as
Iod,
as
exaclI
lIal
vIicI lIe nascuIine deJinilion oJ vonan inlends
anIov.
IJ
vonen ave
againsl
lIe dissoIulion oJ lIe
Iod,
as il is
Ieing
inlvoduced
lIvougI
in vilvo
JevliIizalion,
lIen
lIe
lIus conJivn
lIe nascuIine idenliJicalion oJ vonan as
Iod.
TIe vonan
nusl lIeveJove IveaI
ava
Jvon lIe
Iod
and lIese
inages
oJ
vonan.
TIe
gveal
Jeninine Jovns oJ
veIeIIion,
sucI as
Islevia
and
anovexia,
leacI us lIis as a
vejeclion
oJ lIe
Iod
as veII as oJ ils
inages. Hslevia
devives ils
povev pveciseI
oul oJ lIe anIivaI-
ence vIicI lIe sociaI
inpasse
oJ lIe vonan
pvescviIes.
In Iev
IooI NicIl IcI
-
IcI NicIl
,
CIvislina von Bvaun vviles TIe
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Islevic
'disvoIes'
IevseIJ,
slvips
oJJ lIe
Iod
vilI vIicI sIe Iad
pvovided
IevseIJ in lIe
JigIl againsl
lIe
Iogos,
as one vouId
gel
vid oJ a
disguise
ov a second sIin.'44
Oeovges
Bidi-HuIevnan
sIoved in Iis IooI Invenlion de I'
Hslevie
,15
in
nan dispIaed
pIologvapIs,
Iov
Islevia
vas a JaIvicalion oJ
inages,
a lIeal-
vicaI
pvoduclion
Jov lIe
diveclov,
lIe
doclov,
lIe nan. CIavcol
vas IiIevise a
slage
avlisl,
a
conduclov,
vIo
pvovoIed,
divecled,
and Ied lIe nise-en-scne and
en-inages
oJ
Islevia.
In anovexia
ve see lIe
slvongesl
Jeninine
vejeclion
oJ lIe
Iod,
vIicI
doesn'l, Iovevev,
nean a
vejeclion
oJ lIe
Jeninine,
Iul valIev lIe
vejeclion
oJ lIe nascuIine idenliJicalion oJ lIe Jeninine vilI lIe
JenaIe
Iod.
TIal anovexia
uIlinaleI
Ieads lo
dealI,
lo lIe
exlinclion oJ lIe
Iod, onI
indicales lIal lIe anovexic vonan
pveJevs
lIe disenIodinenl oJ lIe
Iod
lo a disenIodinenl/
JovJeiluve oJ lIe
spivil
and oJ
Ianguage.
BeJove Iev SeIJ is disen-
Iodied in lIe
Iod,
sIe
pveJevs
lo
disenIod
IevseIJ. A
cIange
oJ
pavadigns
in lIe
gendev
voIe is
pvepaved
lIe
Iod,
lIe
nallev,
vIicI once veve allviIuled lo vonanIood Iave Iecone 'nascu-
Iine.' TIe 'iIIness oJ lIe viII lo vesisl' on lIe olIev
Iand,
Ias
seized on lIe Jovnev cIavaclevislics oJ
nascuIinil
innale-
viaIil, spiviluaIil
oJ
'puve
veason'

|von
Bvaun
453).
TIe
Islevic,
loo,
Ias
aIvead
nade a Jiclion oul oJ Iev
Iod.
TIe veaI
Iod
Iecones a
slage
Jov sinuIalion in lIe
IslevicaI
dvana. In
anovexia lIe
disenIodinenl,
lIe denaleviaIizalion Iecones
lolaI. TIe
Iod appeavs
as
pvoslIesis,
as
cIone,
as avliJiciaI
ovgan.
In lIe deniaI oJ
nouvisInenl,
lIe lolaI
vepuIsion
oJ lIe
Jovces oJ lIe
slvongev
succeeds Jvon a
posilion
oJ
povevIessness.
TIe
nolIev, loo,
is
vepuIsed.
TIe
povev
oJ lIe
nolIev,
oJ lIe
JalIev,
and oJ lIe veaI is
canceIIed,
inasnucI as
lIe
ave
given
no
nove
povev
ovev lIe
Iod
and no nove
povev
is
given
lo lIe
Iod
ilseIJ. TIe deIinealion Jvon lIe oulside is lolaI. TIe
Iod,
loo,
Iecones oulside. TIe
Iod
no
Iongev inlevningIes posi-
liveI
vilI lIe
envivonnenl,
as in lIe
pvevious exanpIes.
BalIev,
Iecause lIe
Iod IeIongs
lo lIe
envivonnenl,
Jvon vIicI lIe
povev
cones,
lIe
Iod
is
vejecled.
TIe
Iod appeavs
as accon-
pIice
oJ lIe veaI and oJ
povev.
BisenIodinenl,
lIe dissoIulion oJ
lIe
Iod,
is lIe
lviunpI
ovev lIe
veaIil pvincipIe
and ovev
vepvesenlalion.
TIe calcI is
cIeavI
lIal lIis
Iappens
Jvon sucI
an
exlveneI
veaI
posilion
lIal lIe vesislance and lIe veJusaI can
Iead lo one's ovn exlinclion. Bul isn'l lIe
posilion
oJ
vonan,
oJ
lIe veaIev
sex,
jusl
lIal
povevIess
in ouv cuIluve?
In lIe deniaI oJ lIe
Iod
ve
vecognize
lIe deniaI oJ lIe veaI
Iecause il is a veaI oJ lIe nascuIine
povev
ov oJ lIe
pIaIIic
nolIev. TIe acluaI douIIe oJ lIe veaI is lIe
Iod,
anovexia
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leacIes us. Ils
JigIl againsl
lIe
Iod
is a
JigIl againsl
lIe veaI
lIal
vepvesenls
lIe
povev
oJ lIe nan. TIe insislance oJ vonen
on lIe
Iod
as lIeiv
pvopevl,
lIeiv
veaI,
nol
onI
conlvadicls lIe
expeviences
oJ lIe
IigIesl
Jeninine Jovns oJ
vepvesenlalion
IiIe
Islevia
and
anovexia,
and conlvadicls lIe
expeviences vepves-
enled in Jeninine
avlvovIs,
Iul aIso consoIidales lIe
povev
oJ
lIe
veaI,
lIe
povev
oJ lIe nascuIine cuIluve.
Againsl
lIis
IacIgvound, JIasI jouvnaIislic
IooIs IiIe TIe
MolIev MacIine
I
Oena
Covea,
vIicI viev
vepvoduclive
lecI-
noIog
as a neve
pvoducl
oJ lIe naIe veaIi
l,
as
expIoilalion
oJ vonen16 ave
scavceI JevliIe,
lo
sla
vilIin lIe
javgon.
Because nol
onI palviavcIs
vanl lo cIone. TIe
lecInoIog
oJ
vepvoduclion
can aIso Ie vieved as a soJlev vevsion oJ
anovexia,
as
an
enancipalion
Jvon lIe Iuvden oJ lIe
Iod,
as a cIance lo
veIease lIe SeIJ oJ vonan Jvon lIe
Iod
oJ
vonan,
Ieond
lIe
nolIev
inage
and
Ieond
lIe
veaIil pvincipIe
lIal is a
povev
pvincipIe.
TIe
sociaI-palviavcIaII pvescviIed
voIe oJ lIe
sexes,
lIe ides and
inages Jixes
oJ vonan Iave Iecone a
veaIil,
a
naleviaIil,
vIose douIIe and
acconpIice
is lIe
Iod.
As lIe
anovexic
slvuggIes againsl
il lo eslaIIisI and
pvesevve
Iev
SeIJ,
Iev ovn
idenlil,
so loo lIe cuIluvaI vovI oJ vonan
slvuggIes.
TIe desevlion oJ lIe
Iod
as a douIIe oJ lIe veaI
IeIongs
lo lIe
inlevnaI
Iogic
oJ suIvevsion Iov vonan can
veassenIIe,
ovev-
cone,
cIange, veconciIe,
and naIe eJJeclive Jov IevseIJ lIe lvans-
Jovnalion oJ lIe
Iod
and lIe lvansJovnalion oJ lIe
id,
lIe duaI
axes oJ lIe cuIluvaI vovI lIal
novnaII
Iead lo an
inpasse
Jov
vonan. Fvon
vepvesenlalion
lIe Jvonl sIiJls lo
vepvoduclion,
vIeve lIe
soveveignl
oJ lIe SeIJ doesn'l seen vilIin veacI Jov
vonan,
iJ sIe isn'l
vead
lo aIandon lIe
inage
oJ lIe
Iod
in
vIicI lIe
enigna
oJ vonan and lIe
enigna
oJ
inage
unile and
nusl
unile,
Iecause Jov vonan in lIe
sslen
oJ
vepvesenlalion
oJ
ouv nascuIine
cuIluve,
lIe
inage
and lIe
vepvesenled oIjecl
Iave
lIe sane
veaIil |see Cavvinglon).
TIe
inage
Ias
aIvas
Ieen IandIed as lIe douIIe oJ lIe
veaI. As
inage,
vonan Iecane a viclin oJ lIe
pIaIIocuIluvaI
slvalegies
oJ
vepvesenlalion.
TIe
vejeclion
oJ lIe
vepvesenlalion
oJ
lIe
Iod lIvougI
lIe
inage,
lIe
Iiding
oJ lIe
Iod |ov
lIe
excessive
exposing
oJ lIe
Iod)
and lIe deniaI oJ lIe
inage
lIeve-
Jove
IeIonged
lo lIe
enancipaling
avl Jovns oJ lIe Jeninisl
aeslIelic.
TIe insuvveclion deJaned as
speciJicaII
Jeninine
-
Islevia
-
vas
aIvead
a vevoIl
againsl
lIe
Iod
as lIe
veaI,
as
enIodinenl oJ lIe
veaIil pvincipIe |oJ
lIe
Iogos)
-
as in lIe
deniaI oJ lIe
sexuaI,
IodiI
Junclions
I
OoelIe's
sislev,
vIo
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didn'l vanl lo Ieave Iev Ied.
Inage
and
Iod
ave lIus lIe lvo
douIIes oJ lIe veaI.
Jusl
as vilI lIe
inage
oJ vonan
IeJove,
lIe
vonan as
Iod
is nov in
dangev
oJ
Ieconing
a viclin oJ
vepvo-
duclive
lecInoIogies.
Bul since ve al lIe sane line
agvee
vilI
Fveud,
lIal lIe incveased
pvoslIesis-IiIe quaIil
avises Jvon lIe
pvogvess
oJ
civiIizalion,
ve cannol veJuse disenIodinenl. In lIis
diIenna lIe aIandonnenl oJ lIe
Iod
is lIe
va
oul Jov lIe
Jeninine SeIJ.
TIe nivvov Junclion oJ lIe
Iod
Jov lIe vonan naIes even
lIe
Iod
inlo an
inage. Bod, inage,
and
povlvaed oIjecls
Iecone inJinile veJIeclions oJ lIe sane IeveI oJ
veaIil.
Because
lIe lvansJovnalion oJ lIe id
pvesupposes
lIe
disappeavance
oJ lIe
id and lIe lvansJovnalion oJ lIe
Iod pvesupposes
lIe
disap-
peavance
oJ lIe
Iod,
lIe velenlion oJ lIe
Iod
as lIe
veaIil
oJ
vonan is an oIslvuclion vIicI
oviginales
in lIe nascuIine
pIanlasn
and vIicI Iindevs IolI
lvansJovnalions,
and lIus lIe
ego-discovev
and seIJ-acluaIizalion oJ lIe vonan as veII.
TIe
conlenpovav
avl oJ vonen sIovs us lIal vonan Ias
Jov a
Iong
line
aIvead
vieved Iev
Iod
Jvon lIe
oulside,
aInosl
as
inslvunenlaI,
aIlIougI
vonen avlisls sliII sonelines IeIieve
lIenseIves lo Ie
povlvaing
lIe
Iod
Jvon
vilIin,
lo Ie
pvoducing inages
oJ lIe inside
lIvougI
lIe
Iod. TIe
Iide
lIenseIves in lIe vovIs as iJ IeIind lIe
Iod.
Hence lIe
uvge
lo
expose
lIe
Iod.
TIe inslvunenlaI viev oJ one's ovn
Iod
Jvon
lIe oulside is
conpavaIIe
lo lIe ninules IeJove lIe ascension oJ a
IaIIoon. Il
vequives jusl
a
coupIe
oJ
sleps
nove and lIe
Iod
viII
Ie
dvopped,
IeJl IeIind. Wonen Iave
pvepaved,
lIeveJove,
since
Mav
WoIIslonecvaJl
SIeIIe,
in lIeiv ovn
va,
lIe
pvevequisiles
Jov lIe
cIoning
oJ lIe
Iod,
Jov an avliJiciaI
lecInoIog
oJ
vepvoduclion.
TIe Anevican
pevJovnance
avlisl Lauvie Andevson sIovs
IevseIJ in one oJ Iev Ialesl videos as Iev ovn cIone. In ouv
pIaIIic
cuIluve and in ils
sslen
oJ
vepvesenlalion |Fovces
lIal
[aven'l]
accessiIIe lo
n
conscious
viII, Cavvinglon),
vonan doesn'l
Iave lIe
possiIiIil
lo
sinuIlaneousI
acIieve
aulonon
oJ lIe
Iod
and
aulonon
oJ lIe
SeIJ,
as lIe case Iislovies and
avlvovIs sIov. In lIe
expeviencing
oJ lIe
Iod
as
diJJevence,
vIicI
is, Iovevev,
vepvesenled
in lIe nedia
Ianguage
and
inage
|oJ
lIe nascuIine
Iogos)
as a nixluve oJ
Iod
and envivon-
nenl,
lIe
ego |ils aulonon) onI pevisIes
vIen il Ias idenliJied
ilseIJ vilI lIe
Iod,
Iecause lIen lIe
ego appavenlI
nixes vilI
oIjecls.
TIe nixluve oJ lIe Ielevononous eIenenls in lIe
inages
oJ lIe
Iod aIvead
indicales lIe
lendenc
lo sacviJice lIe
aulonon
oJ lIe
Iod
in ovdev lo acIieve lIe
aulonon
oJ lIe
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26 Biscouvse 11 J
SeIJ,
since
onI
vIen Jeninine
idenlil sepavales
ilseIJ Jvon lIe
Iod
and ceases lo Iase ilseIJ on lIe allviIules and Junclions oJ
lIe JenaIe
Iod,
and ceases lo deJine vonanIood as
nolIev,
cIiIdIeavev, viJe, elc.,
lIen lIe IIocIade
coIIapses
and vonan
|as
soveveign) Iegins
lo exisl. As I Iave vvillen
eIsevIeve,
lIe
IioIogicaI
ovdev vIicI sliII vuIes
JovceJuII
in ouv
sociel,
inas-
nucI as
pIsicaI
cIavaclevislics delevnine Jovns oJ
IiJe,
can
onI
Ie dissoIved vIen lIe
povev
lIal lIe
Iod
IoIds ovev lIe
spivil
is
ovevcone.'47
TecInoIog
and
Iod
ave lIe
Iijeclions
oJ a vovI oJ cuIluve
Jvon vIicI vonan can'l exlvacl
IevseIJ,
nol even in lIe vadicaI
case oJ lIe
lecInoIog
oJ
vepvoduclion.
Noles
1
Signund Fveud,
CiviIizalion and Ils Bisconlenls
|1930),
TIe
Slandavd Edilion
oJ
lIe
ConpIele FscIoIogicaI
WovIs
oJ Signund
Fveud
,
lvans, and ed.
Janes SlvacIe, |London HogavlI Fvess, 1961)
21
90-91. AIIvevialed in lIe lexl as CB.
2
EIaine
Scavv,
TIe
Bod
in Fain
|CanIvidge
OxJovd
UF, 1985)
281.
3
BanieIIe
Savvva,
AvseniIIIlen
|MunicI
MallIes &
Seilz, 1978)
75.
4
Unica
Zvn,
Bas Haus dev KvanIIeilen
|BevIin BvinInann,
1986)61.
5
Unica
Zvn,
Hexenlexle
|BevIin
OaIevie
Spvingev, 1954).
6
Fveud TIe Bisseclion oJ lIe
FscIicaI FevsonaIil,
Nev Inlvo-
duclov
Lecluves on
FscIo-AnaIsis |1933),
S.E. 2280. AIIvevialed in
lIe lexl as BFF.
7
Leonova
Cavvinglon,
Unlen
|FvanIJuvl SuIvIanp, 1981)10-11.
Fivsl
puIIisIed
as En Ias
|Favis NF, 1973).
See aIso VaIie
Expovl,
FeninisliscIev AIlionisnus
AspeIle,
Fvauen in dev Kunsl
,
ed. O.
NaIaIovsIi
|FvanIJuvl SuIvIanp, 1980).
8
SIosIana
FeInan,
Wviling
and Madness
|IlIaca
CovneII
UF,
1985)
15.
9
Fveud,
Fenininil,
Nev
Inlvoduclov
Lecluves on
FscIo-
AnaIsis |1933),
S.E.
22115, 132.
10
VaIie
Expovl,
Kunsl nil
Eigen-Sinn
AIlueIIe Kunsl von Fvauen
,
Texle und BoIunenlalion
|Vienna LocIev, 1985).
11
VaIie
Expovl,
Wonen's Avl Ein ManiJesl
|1972),
Neues Fovun
|Jan. 1973).
A naniJeslo oJ lIe exIiIilion
Magna.
Feninisnus Kunsl
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FaII-Winlev 1988-89 27
und Kvealivilal. An ovevviev oJ lIe Jeninine
sensiIiIil, inaginalion,
pvojeclion
and
anIiguil, suggesled I
a laIIeau oJ
inages, oIjecls,
pIolos, Iecluves, discussions,
veadings,
JiIns,
videolapes
and aclivilies.
ConpiIed
and
ovganized I
VaIie
Expovl,
OaIevie ncIsl Sl.
SlepIan,
Vienna, 1975.
12
SlepIen HealI,
TIe SexuaI Fix
|London MacniIIan, 1982).
13
VaIie
Expovl,
lexl lo Mann & Fvau ;v
AninaI, JiIn, 1973.
14
CIvislina von
Bvaun,
NicIl IcI
-
IcI NicIl
|FvanIJuvl
Neue
KviliI, 1985)
453.
15
Oeovges
Bidi-HuIevnan,
Invenlion de
I'Hslvie |Favis MacuIa,
1982).
16
Oena
Covea,
TIe MolIev MacIine
Bepvoduclive TecInoIogies
Jvon AvliJiciaI
Inseninalion lo
AvliJiciaI
WonIs
|Nev
YovI
Havpev,
1985) 4, 7.
17
VaIie
Expovl,
Feninisnus und
Kunsl,
Neues Fovun
|June-
JuI 1973).
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