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==Jacques Lacan==
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In “What is a Picture?” from the ''Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis'', Lacan notes that suture is <blockquote>“a conjunction of the imaginary and the symbolic” (118).</blockquote>
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==Jacques-Alain Miller==
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In an article in ''Screen'', Miller notes that <blockquote>“Suture names the relation of the subject to the chain of its discourse”</blockquote>

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French: Suture

Jacques Lacan

In “What is a Picture?” from the Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, Lacan notes that suture is

“a conjunction of the imaginary and the symbolic” (118).

Jacques-Alain Miller

In an article in Screen, Miller notes that

“Suture names the relation of the subject to the chain of its discourse”