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Judith A Yanof
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ABSTRACT: In the 2002 film Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar plays with the ambiguity of gender, transcending conventional assumptions about "masculinity" and "femininity." Each of the four main characters holds complex, varied, and, in some cases, gender-bending gender identifications. The theme of gender plasticity is a prominent motif in this film. However, underlying the narrative, there is also a perverse subtext that relies on rigidly binary gender stereotypes to define relationships between men and women. Both these views of gender which operate dialectically, create a complex tapestry through which Almodóvar explores his characters' problems in attaining intimacy.
The Psychoanalytic quarterly 05/2008; 77(2):609-26. · 0.33 Impact Factor
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Judith A Yanof
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis 01/2006; 86(Pt 6):1715-24. · 0.86 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The work of a COPE study group on boundaries is presented, with particular focus on post-termination contact after the training analysis. Through the use of clinical examples evocative and illustrative of the complexity of postanalytic contacts and relationships in the training analysis situation, a number of dilemmas are identified that former analysts and patients face when they meet as colleagues after the training analysis is over. These dilemmas, it is argued, have implications for the conduct and effectiveness of the training analysis and for the institutional cultures and power relations that evolve within institutes.
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association 02/2004; 52(3):873-901. · 0.79 Impact Factor
