[...]d in the whole body (and not in the left hemisphere)
= ='strcls'>*spatiotemporally structured and structuring model of the subject='strcls'>*, a “schema” that mediates between the subject's ="trms">position and its behavior, synesthetically (visual or tactile) organized and re="trms">presented


postural schema وضعى

postural model (of the body)='lgc'>: a three-dimensional image that both registers and organizes the information provided by the senses regarding='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•the subject's body
="lsts lst1">•the subject's location in space (='lgc'>~ its posture)
="lsts lst1">•the subject's ="trms">relation to other objects
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="nms">body image registers ='strcls'>*current='strcls'>* sensation also preserves a ='strcls'>*record of ="trms">past='strcls'>* impressions

the ='strcls'>*body schema='strcls'>* is plastic, kinesthetically and synergetically organized sensations
= physiological dis="trms">positions ='lgc'>+ physiological processes


="large lg2" stl="font-size:111%"> S="trms">childer's model of ="nms">body image
="trms">social and ="trms">interpersonal attachments and investments, as well as libidinal energy, from a major part of one's self-image and conception of the body (='lgc'>--="ppl">Grosz='lgc'>='lgc'>--> more amenable to the kind of ="trms">socio="trms">historical and cultural analysis of the body feminists are ="trms">interested in)
='strcls'>*body schema='lgc'>: experience of the “unity of the body” (self-appearance of the body), an anticipatory plan of (future) action in which a knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge of the body's current ="trms">position and capacities for action must be registered, perception ='lgc'>+ mental pictures ='lgc'>+ re="trms">presentations
='strcls'>*image of the human body='lgc'> = the picture of our own body which we form in our mind
='lgc'>--="ppl">Freud='lgc'>='lgc'>--> somatic compliance='lgc'>: the organic body's amenability تمايل to psychical takeover, (impelled by the organic dist="trms"nttrm="disturban">urbance) psychological processes take over and ='strcls'>*adopt the biological dist="trms"nttrm="disturban">urbance as their own and utilize it to epress psychical whishes and significances='strcls'>* (both conscious and unconscious)

whenever difficulty occurs regarding the recognition of ="trms">different parts of the body (or the ="trms">position of the body) it occurs not only in the subject's self-perception but also always in the perception of other's bodies as well (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- is that why i perceive other bodies in the street like i do='qstn'>? my ="trms">relation with ="trms">fashion, blondies)


amputation of moveable functional extremities (almost every part of the body) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="nms">phantom limb (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- Weir ="ppl">Mitchell)

='lgc'>{the greater the passage of time since the amputation, the more distorted and phantomlike the sensations become:='lgc'>}
loss of the eye ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='qstn'>?
loss of the rectum='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='qstn'>?
loss of parts of the face ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='qstn'>?
loss of the penic ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> phantom errection ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> phantom orgasm

case of medical clitoridectomies (to cure “chronic masturbation” in women) in the 19th century (and still today) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the psychoanalytic understanding of female sexuality as castrated ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> surgical removal of an organ al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready designated as lacking is not registered='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the nigmatic paradoxical status of the female body ='lgc'>: (vagina, cervix, clitoris, and other) female sexual organs al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready ='strcls'>**="trms">codified paradoxically as “missing” organs='strcls'>**

body phantom ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*distorted='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= an image of the limb which is now ='strcls'>*absent='strcls'>*)

the phantom moves spontaneously in ="trms">accordance with the movement of the rest of the body and is sometimes amenable to voluntary movement
='strcls'>*="nms">phantom limb ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> artificial limb ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> prosthesis='strcls'>* (it is only through the controlled use of the phantom that the artificial limb can gradually take the place of the lost limb)

various psychical mechanism='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•a displacement of sensory experience from the limb (now missing)
="lsts lst1">•the phantom
="lsts lst1">•the denial that the amputation has taken place
="lsts lst1">•process of disavowal
="lsts lst1">•

="large lg14" stl="font-size:113%"> ="nms">phantom limb='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•is felt to be a living, moving organic part of the body in coordination with the rest of the body
="lsts lst1">•behaves as if it were autonomous, with qualities and requirements of its own
='lgc'>{reality of the ="nms">phantom limb ='lgc'>=/= perceptual reality='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (patient's) ambivalent contradictory experience

="large lg1" stl="font-size:146%"> ...it is the object of sensory, tactile, optical attention

='strcls'>*artist='lgc'> = amputee avows two realities='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. the reality of a living limb
="lstsrd">2. the reality of its destruction
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> these two “limbs” occupy the same space and time ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**one the ghostly double of the other's absence='strcls'>** ='lgc'>[='lgc'>~ condition of the art='lgc'>] ='at'>@="ppl">Mohaghegh


='strcls'>****the phantom='lgc'>: expression of nostalgia for the unity and wholeness of the body (its completion)='strcls'>****='lgc'> = a psychical delegate ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> physical ='lgc'>+ psychical wound and scar in the amputation or surgical ="trms">intervension into any part of the body
='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]phantom='lgc'>: ="trms">narcissistic reassertion of the limb's ="trms">presence in the face of its manifest biological loss ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (an attempt to preserve) the subject's ="trms">narcissistic sense of bodily wholeness ='lgc'>[='lgc'>--="ppl">Lacan='lgc'>='lgc'>--> an images developed through the mirror ="trms">stage='lgc'>]
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> artist's dream and ="trms">relation to the wound(= cumbersome ="trms">narcissistic compensation for the broken unity of the biological body) ='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Elen
='at'>#archive='lgc'>: a psychical attempt to reactivate a ="trms">past ="nms">body image in place of the ="trms">present reality ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> how can we accept the reality='qstn'>? ='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Pierre, ="frds">Sina, ="frds scrmbld">Hoda,='lgc'>]

(="ppl">Grosz raising the general ="trms">question of='lgc'>:) the status of the ='strcls'>*="nms">body image of woman='strcls'>*='lgc'>--insofar as women are considered and consider themselves to have suffered an amputation (implied by castration) more debilitating than most ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*do women have a phantom phallus='qstn'>?='strcls'>* what is the women's status of a fantasized amputation='qstn'>?

="ppl">Grosz='lgc'>: “amputee's ="trms">relations to the ="nms">phantom limb ='lgc'>=='qstn'>?! woman's mourning for what has been lost (the freedom, self-determination, autonomy ="trms">accorded to the male body, etc. ='at'>#="nms">harem)”
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>***until female genitals (women's bodies) are inscribed and lived (by the subject and by others) as a ="trms">positivity, there will always remain paradoxes and upsetting implication for any notion of femininity='strcls'>***



infant's body not yet a self-contained entity, not yet distinct and separate from the ="trms">world ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">child='lgc'>: a body and its various sensations are projected ="trms">onto the ="trms">world, and conversly the ="trms">world and its vicis="trms">situdes are introjected into the body of the subject-to-be ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">child='lgc'>: slowly and gradually the ="nms">body image IS constructed and invested in ="trms">stages of libidinal developement='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•oral ="trms">stage ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> mouth
="lsts lst1">•anal ="trms">stage ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> anus
="lsts lst1">•
each ="trms">stage augmenting and reorienting the preceding ="trms">stages='lgc'>: anal take over the intensity of the oral, but the mouth remains significant even it no longer dominates the ="trms">child's sensations ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> each ="trms">stage participants in the production and ="trms">differentiation of the ="nms">body image)

libidinalization of bodily zones, organs, and functions ='lgc'>==builds='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="nms">body image particular form

="trms">child's body, an al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready sexually designated body (which culture's desires, wishes, fears, hopes are projected and ="trms">internalized, mother/nurturer's successes and fai="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lures, ambitions and disappointments are most ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readily projected and played out='lgc'> = sources for self-worth and sexual value)

='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]puberty='lgc'>: greatest discord between the ="nms">body image (psychical idealized self-image) and the lived body (bodily changes) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the adolescent body is commonly experienced as awkward, alienating, an undesired biological im="trms">position ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>*pubertal developement (date of teenagehood) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> philosophical desire to transcend corporeality and its urges='strcls'>*

="prgrph">-it is only in adolescence that it becomes clear (wanted or not) that the subject has a sexual ="trms">position (='lgc'>~ genital ="trms">position)
="prgrph">-during puberty, gentials and secondary sexual characteristics become de="trms">finitive objects of consciousness and only bit by bit acquire re="trms">presentation in the ="nms">body image

='strcls'>***in the refusal of sexual roles ordinated by heterosexuality,(for example gay men and lesbians) ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•may ="trms">perversely cling to p="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readolescent ="nms">body images (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to remain ambiguous regarding the ="trms">differences between the sexes)
="lsts lst1">•invest greater intensity in ="trms">erotogenic sites, making them the center of libidinal attention and ="trms">narcissistic investment (="frds scrmbld">Janina's room) (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> in effect reinscribing them in ='strcls'>*a mode of resistance='strcls'>*)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> oral, anal, sadistic impulses, tactility, scopophilia, “sexual ="trms">perversions” ='lgc'>=='qstn'>? (to emphasize and cultivate) a mode of defiance to heterosexist requirements
='lgc'>[='at'>@="frds">Sina, the images that i have been clinging to are in the ="nms">body image that i think i am refusing or inscribing='lgc'>: pony, unicorn, rainbow, skull, the ="trms">childish bracelet i found in the park, etc.='lgc'>]


="large lg14" stl="font-size:112%"> ماليخوليا
hypochondria خودبيمارانگارى
a ="ppl">Freudian problem='lgc'>: to describe the ="trms">transference of libido from the external ="trms">world and ="trms">love objects to the subject's own body in illness
="prgrph">-treating nongenital zones as if they had taken on genital meaning='lgc'> = (in the case of hysteria) hysterogenic zone takes on a sexual, usually phallic, function
='strcls'>*hypochondria='lgc'>: chronic and abnormal ="trms">anxiety abour ="trms">imaginary ="trms">symptoms='lgc'> = a flight against ="trms">narcissim='strcls'>* (the individual defends himself against the libidinous overtension of the hypochondriac organ ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to treat it like a foreign bosdy in the ="nms">body image)
='lgc'>[hypochondria ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">narcissim='lgc'>]
hypochondriac tries to expel from the ="nms">body image but cannot because the zone is overinvested with libido ='lgc'>=/= خوددگربینی depersonalization='lgc'> = psychical transformation of the ="nms">body image='strcls'>*, subject lose ="trms">interest in the whole body, they refuse or are afraid to invest any ="trms">narcissistic libido in the ="nms">body image
="prgrph">-depersonalization might account for the ="trms">phenomenon of out-of-body experience (the outside ="trms">world is also experienced as flat and disinvested از خود بی خود / فنا؟)
depersonalization='lgc'>: a kind of psychical mimicry of the organic structure of dizziness ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">narcissistic decathexis ='lgc'>[withdrawal of psychic energy='lgc'>] of the subject's own inclination to voyeurism (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- disinvestment in the processes of self-observation) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> seeing has no longer any value ='lgc'>: the subject now seen or sees itself with no libidinal investment in looking (or being looked at) ='at'>@="frds">Sina, ="frds scrmbld">Foad

_='strcls'>*hysteria ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> transformation of ="nms">body image (of the meaning of the sexual zones to other organs which are not usually as="trms">sociated with genitality)
_='strcls'>*hypochondria ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> trans="trms">position of libido (displacement, from one organ to another, from the genital to other parts of the body)
_='strcls'>*depersonalization ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> withdrawal of libido from privileged zones (often from the whole body)

='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>****تغيير پذيرى lability of meaning for bodily organs='strcls'>**** ='lgc'>: any zone of the bady can (under certain circumstances) take on the meaning of any other zone
='lgc'>[stabil ='lgc'>=/= labil='lgc'>: transient, apt to slip='lgc'>]

="trms">neurosis ='and'>& psychosis='lgc'>: subject's sexual life is transposed from its ="trms">socially expected locations, aims, and onjects to elsewhere

="prgrph">-life ="trms">history of the subject='lgc'>: the ="trms">systems of psychical meaning and the events rendered meaningful
="prgrph">-body='lgc'>: the ="trms">history of the subject's explorations and practices ='lgc'>+ its various accidents and illnesses

(='at'>@="frds">Sina) breathing difficulties ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (hysterical ="trms">symptoms for) significance of the public/private division ='lgc'>~ inside/outside division
="lsts lst1">•visible disorders ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> some kind of message ='strcls'>*to others='strcls'>* is being transmittes
="lsts lst1">•invisible disorders ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> some kind of message ='strcls'>*to another signifier='strcls'>* is being transmittes ='at'>#="ppl">Lacan


hypochondria ='lgc'>+ depersonalization ='lgc'>+ hysteria ='lgc'>==='lgc'>[through the mediation of ="nms">body image='lgc'>]='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='strcls'>*the biological or organic body is open to psychical meanings='strcls'>* ='lgc'>~ psychic processes rely on various organic connections (it takes them as its raw ="trms">material, as its model of expression)

disease (='lgc'><='lgc'>==)transforms='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="nms">body image (='lgc'><='lgc'>==)="trms">affects='lgc'>='lgc'>==> subject's psychological state

="nms">body image='lgc'>: mediating ="trms">position between the organic and the psychical ='lgc'>: it is by ="trms">affecting, modifying, transforming the ="nms">body image that each (organic ='and'>& psychical) is able to effect transformation in the other


='strcls'>***="ppl">Freud's pre="trms">diction='lgc'>: man would become a prosthetic god='strcls'>*** ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~= Iron Man='lgc'>]

="nms">body image='lgc'> = (function of) psychology ='lgc'>+ ="trms">socio="trms">historical context ='lgc'>+ anatomy
the ="nms">body image is extremely fluid and dynamic ='lgc'>: its borders, ="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges, and c="trms">ontours are osmotic (تراوش کننده), they have the remarkable power of incorporating and expelling outside and inside in an ongoing ="trms">interchange ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*="trms">social='strcls'>*

S="trms">childer's “zones of sensitivity”='lgc'>: bodily orifices ='lgc'>+ its sensation experienced about one centimeter from the opening (-for example how the diseases of ="trms">internal organs are not experienced in their precise anatomical locations)
='strcls'>*zones outside the body='strcls'>* ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> intrusion into this bodily space is considered as much a violation as penetration of the body itself, the size and form of this surrounding space of safety is individually, sexually, racially, and culturally variable ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='at'>#clean and dirt for my mother; my ="nms">body image outside space surrounding it when i am in my room is the room itself, every corner, every niche accumulates senses and thoughts...='lgc'>]
the space surrounding the body is not uniform='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•thinner in some places (which more ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">readily tolerate body contact)
="lsts lst1">•="trms">thicker in some places (which are particularly psychically, ="trms">socially, and culturally “privatized”)
="lsts lst1">•

="prgrph">-acting uses ="nms">body image ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="nms">body image can shrink or expand; it can give parts to the outside ="trms">world and can take other parts into itself
="prgrph">-playing setar ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (part of the difficulty of learning how to use ="trms">instruments, such as setar) the libidinal problem of how they become psychically invested (='lgc'>=/= simply the ="trms">technical problem of how they are used)

surgeon's ="nms">body image

in driving, trying to fit into a small parking spot ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- experienced in the ="nms">body image of the driver (and sometimes, to their ="trms">horror, in that of the passengers) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>--> by inability to drive is related to a bad ="nms">body image='qstn'>?='lgc'>]

="nms">body image is capable of accommodating and incorporating an extremely wide range of objects='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•clothing
="lsts lst1">•jewelry
="lsts lst1">•other bodies
="lsts lst1">•objects
="lsts lst1">•nail polish
="lsts lst1">•jets, ships, cars
="lsts lst1">•bodily zones='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦orifices
="lsts lst2">◦curves
="lsts lst2">◦convex spaces
="lsts lst2">◦concave spaces
="lsts lst1">•“detachable” or ="trms">intermediate ="trms">category of objects, midway between the inanimate and the bodily ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ="ppl">Lacanian objet a, Kristeva's abject='lgc'>]='lgc'>:
="lsts lst2">◦body's excretions
="lsts lst2">◦body's waste products
="lsts lst2">◦bodily byproducts
="lsts lst3">◾urine
="lsts lst3">◾faeces
="lsts lst3">◾saliva
="lsts lst3">◾sperm
="lsts lst3">◾blood
="lsts lst3">◾vomit
="lsts lst3">◾hair
="lsts lst3">◾nails
="lsts lst3">◾skin
  ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> retain something of the cathexis and value of the body (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> keeping my chopped nails, old toys, art-works... ='qstn'>?! ='lgc'>--='qstn'>?='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ‘detachment='lgc'> = your work (art, etc.) is not bound up with your ="nms">body image’), they remain magically linked to the body ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">narcissistic investment in the ="nms">body image

='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>****human subjects never simply have a body='strcls'>****
the body is always necessarily the object and subject of attitudes and judgments, psychically invested, never a ="trms">matter of in="trms">difference
="prgrph">-the body never has merely ="trms">instrumental or utilitarian value for the subject ='lgc'>--="ppl">Grosz='lgc'>='lgc'>--> which organs are libidinally invested and the kinds of investments that animate them are functions of the subject's psychical, ="trms">interpersonal, and ="trms">socio="trms">historical ="trms">relations and are malleable and continually changing ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>*always potentially open to new meanings and investments='strcls'>*

="nms">body image='lgc'>: (to a large extent) function of ="trms">socially shared significance
="prgrph">-(='thdf'>for example) male and female genitals have a particular ="trms">social meaning in western patriarchal cultures that the individual alone or even in groups is unable to transform (-these meanings are deeply etched into and lived as part of the ="nms">body image) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= Frankenstein='lgc'>]
='lgc'>='lgc'>==> () very ="trms">different self-perception and very ="trms">different organic body ='lgc'>=/= dichotomous division of sexed bodies

="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> ="ppl">Grosz generally finds S="trms">childer useful ='lgc'>--but='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•he ="trms">writes in terms of a sexually neutral subject who experiences cerebral lesions and ="trms">neurological or psychological disorders in a sexually neutral way
="lsts lst1">•he develops a single frame of reference (not so clearly relevant for women and female sexuality)
="lsts lst1">•he does not specify that male experience is taken as the norm and woman's experience is discussed only insofar as it deviates from or compares to this referential framework (='lgc'><='lgc'>== influence that studies of war injuries had on the developement of this field ='lgc'>+ vast disproportion of male subjects in active war)

S="trms">childer='lgc'>: attainment of a stable genital form of sexuality ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•unification of the ="nms">body image
="lsts lst1">•cohesion of our self-identities
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> phallic='lgc'> = genital phallic sexuality hierarchically ='strcls'>*subordinates the pregenital drives='strcls'>* ='lgc'>=/= female sexuality is al="trms"nttrm="already,spread">ready genitality multilocational, p="trms"nttrm="failure,blur,plur,lurk,tallur,slur">lural, ambiguous, poly="trms">morphous, and ='strcls'>*not clearly able to subordinate the earlier ="trms">stages='strcls'>*

shared ="trms">sociocultural conceptions of bodies in general and shared familial and ="trms">interpersonal fantasy about particular bodies ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]="nms">body image='lgc'>: unifies and coordinates postural, tactile, kinesthetic, and visual sensations ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (so that these are experienced as) the ='strcls'>*sensations of a subject coordinated into a single space='strcls'>*

='strcls'>***any willful action requires a plan of bodily action ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the function of the ="nms">body image='strcls'>*** (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> this explains my fucked up ="nms">body image!)

="large lg4" stl="font-size:111%"> ="prgrph">-we cannot talk about space whithout ="nms">body image ='lgc'><='lgc'>== the ="nms">body image determines both the localization of sensations in ="trms">different concrete regions of the body and[...]