Wet : a Project is a ficto-critical essay, a writer's diary, concerned with language, trauma, the body and image. A complement to Wet, it is greatly informed by Probyn's model of 'belonging' as a writing subject, and psychoanalytic theorisation such as Gibb's analysis of psychosomatic speech, Pines' and Anzieu's conceptualisations of the 'skin ego', Kristeva's account of sensation and its relation to language and Lacan's development of the ego in the mirror stage. In addition, it engages Herman's analysis of trauma and Scarry's account of pain, and their relationships to language, the body and subjectivity. Interspersed with autobiographical accounts, Wet : a Project explores the milieus, spaces and specific geographical sites in which trauma, language, forms of identity, desire, belonging and becoming, emerge or assert their visibility. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/188922 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Schick, Nemira, University of Western Sydney, College of Arts, Education and Social Sciences, School of Communication, Design and Media |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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