Signifying Pain: Constructing and Healing the Self through Writing

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signifying pain SUNY Series in Psychoanalysis and Culture Harry Sussman, editor signifying pain Constructing and Healing The Self through Writing Judith Harris STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2003 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Patrick Durocher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harris, Judith, 1955Signifying Pain: constructing and healing the self through writing / Judith Harris. p.cm. — (SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5683-8 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5684-6 (pbk. : alk.paper) 1. Creative writing—Therapeutic use—Congresses. I. Title. II. Series. RC489.W75 H37 2003 615.8'515—dc21 2002029234 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my mother, Dorothy (from the Latin, Dorothea, from the Greek doron, meaning gift + theos, meaning god) ...