The Undead Mother

ISBN-13: 9781855759138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 252 str.

Christina Wieland

Opis

Wieland argues that the Western psyche is based upon denial of the power of the mother. Through clinical material and re-readings of myths, fairytales, and other cultural artefacts, she demonstrates how this act of universal matricide has wrought havoc.

Spis treści

A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- Clytemnestra and Count Dracula -- Matricide and the Oedipus Complex -- Masculinity and Matricide -- Masculinity, Femininity, and the Death Instinct -- Freud and Femininity -- Mothers and Daughters -- Matricide and the Mother-Daughter Relationship -- The Father-Daughter Romance -- Beauty and the Beast: the Father-Daughter Relationship -- Aggression and Femininity -- Two Women in the Consulting-Room -- The Search for an Alternative Space

O autorze

Christina Wieland is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice and a fellow of the University of Essex, teaching at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies. She has a special interest in psychoanalysis, gender and culture, and has published numerous papers in this area.