Mother, Madonna, Whore

The Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32560-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

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

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welldon, Estela V

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword -- Preface -- Female Sexual Perversion -- Sexuality and the Female Body -- The Power of the Womb -- Motherhood as a Perversion -- Mothers who Commit Incest: -- The Symbolic Mother as a Whore: -- Substitute Motherhood The Whore as an Incest Survivor: -- Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

V. Welldon, Estela