Description
| Product ID: | 9781855753419 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mother, Madonna, Whore |
| Subtitle: | The Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood |
| Authors: | Author: Estela V. Welldon |
| Page Count: | 179 |
| Subjects: | Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Child & developmental psychology |
| Description: | The author explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects which women see as their own creations, specifically, their babies. To Freud, female sexuality remained something of a mystery: a riddle and a dark continent. He urged his female colleagues to enlighten him. Many have since done so - and this book is a most vivid and illuminating contribution to the field. The author explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women''s psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects which women see as their own creations, specifically, their babies. The potential causes and consequences of these conditions, including maternal and paternal incest and its frequent aftermath, prostitution, are also discussed. |
| Imprint Name: | Karnac Books |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1992-12-31 |
