Libidinal Plasticity
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Bodies to Wear: Four Lacanian Takes on Trans · Patricia Gherovici · p.87
BODIES TO WEAR FOUR LACANIAN TAKES ON TRANS > FOUR LACANIAN TAKES TO RETHINK THE TRANS EXPERIENCE > THE DRIVE TO BEAUTY
Theoretical move: The passage argues that the transgender "drive to beauty" exceeds the Imaginary register of mere appearance and accesses an ethical-Real dimension analogous to Antigone's sublime beauty in Lacan: beauty functions as a protective barrier against jouissance and a site between two deaths, so that the trans demand to be recognized as beautiful is ultimately a demand for ontological recognition ("I am").
Plasticity refers to the flexibility and mobility of libido, its ability to shift its focus from one object to another or from one psychic position to another.