Lines of the Symbolic in Psychoanalysis Series
The Year the Cinemas Closed
Samenvatting
Co-edited by Carol Owens, a respected author in the field of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Offers an interdisciplinary approach to film and psychoanalysis, with a specific focus on the context of Covid-19 and lockdown in the UK and Ireland. Considers the long term psycho-social-cultural implications of the transition to online therapy and other small-screen experiences such as entertainment consumption from a psychoanalytic perspective. Appeals to researchers and students in a range of fields including cultural studies, film studies, and psychoanalytic theory. Chapters also have a clinical dimension for practicing psychoanalysts.

