| Abstract: | Reports an error in the original article by A. Blum (Psychoanalytic Psychology, 1994[Sum], Vol 11[3], 375–381). On page 378, the reference to Khan and Masud (1963/1974) should refer instead to Khan (1963/1974). On page 381, the full bibliographic reference should be corrected. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1995-04825-001.) The fairy tale "The Three Little Pigs' is looked at through a psychoanalytic lens. It is suggested that each of the 3 pigs is dealing with the consequences of a disruption in the mother–child relationship (e.g., impingements in the holding environment, failures in the good-enough mother, breaches in the protective shield, or some failure in the mother's role vis a vis the developing separating/individuating child). The 1st 2 pigs manifest their fragility and lack of cohesiveness, perpetually acting on their primitive wishes, such as fusion, devouring, and/or higher level dependency wishes. On the other hand, the 3rd pig hides his fragility by erecting rigid barriers between himself and the world, defending against the dangerous wishes and maintaining an illusory self-sufficiency. These 2 different character structures represent complementary, compensatory solutions to premature separation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
