"I am Sam": Mental retardation and the relation with knowledge

Authors

  • Margareth Diniz Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v18i2p279-296

Abstract

The movie "I am Sam" is about mental disability and the social representations that surround it. Initially, the article presents the definition of mental retardation from a universal perspective and discusses the differences between learning disability, school failure and weakness from the perspective of psychoanalysis considering the child's relationship with knowledge. The goal of this paper is to use films and the filmography available in order to interrogate fixed and segregational diagnoses that exclude the subject and its relationship to knowledge.

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Published

2013-08-01

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Dossiê: Psicanálise, educação e cinema

How to Cite

Diniz, M. (2013). "I am Sam": Mental retardation and the relation with knowledge . Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 18(2), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v18i2p279-296