The sex’s choice

XXY, is a dramatic film from the Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo, which is the story of Alex, a teenager of fifteen years old, who is affected by their intersex condition. This paper shows, from the analysis of this film, the issue of sex selection from the perspective of psychoanalysis of the La...

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Autor principal: Álvarez Villanueva, Margarita
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/16591
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Sumario:XXY, is a dramatic film from the Argentinian filmmaker Lucia Puenzo, which is the story of Alex, a teenager of fifteen years old, who is affected by their intersex condition. This paper shows, from the analysis of this film, the issue of sex selection from the perspective of psychoanalysis of the Lacanian orientation, understood as a choice of jouissance.