Rohleder, Poul (2025) Homophobia, heteronormativity and melancholia: A psychoanalytic essay on the film All of Us Strangers. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. pp. 1-15. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2402901
Rohleder, Poul (2025) Homophobia, heteronormativity and melancholia: A psychoanalytic essay on the film All of Us Strangers. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. pp. 1-15. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2402901
Rohleder, Poul (2025) Homophobia, heteronormativity and melancholia: A psychoanalytic essay on the film All of Us Strangers. International Journal of Psychoanalysis. pp. 1-15. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2402901
Abstract
This paper explores the impact of homophobia, internalised homophobia and heteronormativity on the psychic lives of some gay men, as depicted in the film "All of Us Strangers". Themes of Oedipal rejection, alienation, melancholia, mourning and loss are explored.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Homosexuality; homophobia; melancholia |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Apr 2025 15:52 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Apr 2025 15:52 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40657 |
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