Book, Dear Dr. Freud 21st Century Responses To the Letter About Homosse[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. “Homosexuality is certainly not an advantage, nor is it something to be ashamed of, it is not a vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness”. Sigmund Freud In 1935, an American woman wrote to Freud, distressed about her son's sexuality. On April 9 of the same year, he writes the response that would become not only a historical document, but also a powerful instrument of struggle. Not by chance, the letter would circulate on Brazilian social networks in the infamous dispute surrounding the so-called “gay cure”, showing all its unexpected topicality.. Eight decades after Freud calmed that mother's heart, Autêntica invited activists, mothers, children, LGBT people or not, psychoanalysts, people from literature, sociology, philosophy, law, gender studies, etc., to ask themselves a question: and if the Doctor's letter. Freud was addressed to you? The result are texts that express the diversity of the various theoretical, political, literary, and sexual perspectives of the letter writers. The letters, sometimes deeply personal, sometimes clearly fictional, bring Freud the anxieties of today, tell him about the victories and achievements, but also the challenges that still remain. And you, reader, how would you answer if Freud's letter were addressed to you? Authors: Acyr Maya - Adilson José Moreira - Antonio Quinet - Beatriz Santos - Berenice Bento - Carla Rodrigues - Christian Ingo Lenz Dunker - Ernani Chaves - Fernanda Otoni Brisset - Gilson Iannini - Guacira Lopes Louro - Letícia Lanz - Lucas Charafeddine Bulamah - Marcelo Veras - Marcia Tiburi - Marco Antonio Coutinho Jorge - Marco Aurélio Máximo Prado - Marcus André Vieira - Pedro Ambra - Richard Miskolci - Sarug Dagir - Serena Rodrigues - Tales Ab’Sáber - Thamy Ayouch