No meio do caminho tinha um corpo: a psicanálise, o feminino e os ideais estéticos

Abstract

In a psychoanalytical view, the body is understood beyond the organic field, considering that it is endowed with an erogenous, instinctual and unconscious character. Therefore, there is a significant difference between organism and body. If the organism is a product of nature, the body is a construction undertaken by the subject. In this sense, the constitution of corporeality is a process that begins with the first caregivers and continues throughout life. Women’s relations with their bodies, in particular, can raise numerous psychological concerns due to the association between femininity, body and aesthetics. From the Freudian hysteric to the contemporary woman, conflicts cross the woman who questions her own body image. This work will seek to explore the relations between psychoanalysis and the body, femininity and beauty ideals, examining the motivations that lead to aesthetic interventions. It is, therefore, an eminently theoretical work, that found support in the Freudian text as a starting point, passing through the lacanian production and several contemporary authors.