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Innertide Posted 14 years ago
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phallic mothers ?

Hi, what does the term "phallic mothers" mean in quite this context ?
As thought provoking as these books were, Dery often favored jargon over narrative, leaving bits of the works nearly airless. As a taste, in Escape Velocity, a little-known Japanese cult film is described as a “maelstrom of body loathing, cyborg fantasies, mechano-eroticism, information anxiety, agoraphobia, castration complexes and fear of phallic mothers.”

thanks a lot in advance.
Hamed
  

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You understood the rest of that? You should be answering questions, not asking them. The term "phallic mother" (or "phallic woman") is from Freud.

— Enoon

  • You understood the rest of that?
  • You should be answering questions, not asking them.
  • The term "phallic mother" (or "phallic woman") is from Freud.
  • Freud theorized that the very young boy, before he knows that there are differences between the sexes, supposes that his mother has the same equipment he has and that that misconception does not entirely dissipate over the course of his life.
  • Make of that what you will.
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You understood the rest of that? You should be answering questions, not asking them. The term "phallic mother" (or "phallic woman") is from Freud. Freud theorized that the very young boy, before he knows that there are differences between the sexes, supposes that his mother has the same equipment he has and that that misconception does not entirely dissipate over the course of his life. Make of th
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thank you very much enooon. Emotion: smile your answer was quite helpful.
I have no difficulty in understanding the whole paragraph now.
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