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The place of skin and body modifications in the constitution of Ego
La función de la piel y de las modificaciones corporales en la constitución del Yo
Autor
Franco Cian, Laura
Rivera-Largacha, Silvia
Institución
Resumen
In object relation theory and particularly in Esther Bick’stheory, skin has a mayor function in the process of theSelf constitution; with Bick’s concept of skin as a container,the role of this body organ as a mediator in the integrationof parts of personality on infants is emphasized.For the development of this role, the introjection of themother containing function is necessary, because if notintrojected, the infant must develop substitutive methodsfor containing himself. In Bick’s theory these methodswould take the form of second skins. This article analysesthe relation between the body modification and itspossible relation with second skin forms in adulthood.