From the intersection between psychonalysis and genders studies, this paper tries to delimit some aspects of Jessica Benjamin's intersubjectivity theory in connection with the process of constitutionof the hegemonic male gender identity. From that point, Judith Butler's conceptual considerations are presented in relation tomelancholy, as postulated by Freud, and its connection with the subjective conformation of gender, in order to circumscribe theway in which the melancholic constitution of the gender identity is conceptualized. It is concluded that from the intertwining of bothauthors, an analytic platform is displayed allowing to move forward to new articulations that define, never in a definite way, a plausiblepsychodynamic explanation of gender identity constitution from the identification mechanism so as to incorporates levels of analysis thatgo beyond individual mechanism of operation.
Keywords:
Identification, gender, identity, heterosexuality
Author Biography
Ariel Martínez, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Género (CINIG) de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata / Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas (CIC) de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Martínez, A. (2010). Melancholic identification and male gender identity constitution. Psychoanalytic contributions to contemporary gender studies. Revista De Psicología, 19(2), Pág. 79–102. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-0581.2010.17110
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