X, analyst

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Publication Title

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Abstract

This essay situates X González’s oratory and activism for gun legislation within Jacques Lacan’s Discourse of the Analyst to argue for the affirmative role of analytic silence in a body politic riddled with gun death, gridlock, thoughts, and prayers. Psychoanalytic treatment aims at intervention into a patient’s recurring patterns of behavior and speech that uphold their status quo of suffering. My essay argues for the practical and conceptual utility of Lacan’s discourse theory for rhetorical studies by advancing X as analyst against the cultural logic of the Firearm, a logic of domination I model via the Discourse of the Master.

Volume Number

110

Issue Number

2

First Page

244

Last Page

262

DOI

10.1080/00335630.2023.2268709

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