{"product_id":"the-impossible-return-psychoanalytic-reflections-on-breast-cancer-loss-and-mourning-9781032811956","title":"The Impossible Return  Psychoanalytic Reflections","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impossible Return - Psychoanalytic Reflections on Breast Cancer, Loss, and Mourning is a work of creative non-fiction and auto-theory. It is part cancer memoir, part psychoanalytic theorizing, and part history of late-Soviet Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Fishzonâs personal narrative is interspersed with interludes exploring other âœreconstructionsâ (Chernobylâs sarcophagus, the perestroika years) as well as psychoanalytic reflections on anxiety, prosthesis, hypochondria, and tattooing. The authorial voice is intentionally polyphonic: elegiac, humorous, at times academic and philosophical. Each chapter is set in the context of the writing process, with discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine. The prologue examines the psychoanalystâs bodily presence in treatment and includes clinical vignettes \u003cb\u003eillustrating \u003c\/b\u003ethe impact of remote therapy sessions during \u003cb\u003elockdown. An\u003c\/b\u003e epilogue provides a meditation on repetition compulsion and the impossibility of mourning fully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough theoretical and personal reflections on mourning and recovery after catastrophic collapses of psyche, body, and place, the book makes original contributions to psychoanalysis, Slavic and cultural studies, trauma studies, film criticism, and history. This unique work will be relevant to readers interested in psychoanalytic studies, cancer and disability studies and critical theory, and academics of auto-theory and memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359319818583,"sku":"9781032811956","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-impossible-return-psychoanalytic-reflections-on-breast-cancer-loss-and-mourning-9781032811956","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}