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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815981403321

Autore

Welldon Estela V

Titolo

Mother, madonna, whore : the idealization and denigration of motherhood / / Estela V. Welldon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Karnac, 2004

ISBN

0-429-91634-5

0-429-90211-5

0-429-47734-1

1-282-90067-6

9786612900679

1-84940-139-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

616.8583

Soggetti

Psychosexual disorders

Abusive mothers

Paraphilias

Child abuse

Mother and child

Women - Sexual behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1. FEMALE SEXUAL PERVERSION; Chapter 2. SEXUALITY AND T H E FEMALE BODY; Chapter 3. THE POWER OF THE WOMB; Chapter 4. MOTHERHOOD AS A PERVERSION; Chapter 5. MOTHERS WHO COMMIT INCEST: The Surrogacy of the Child; Chapter 6. THE SYMBOLIC MOTHER AS A WHORE: whose Control is it Anyway?; Chapter 7. SUBSTITUTE MOTHERHOOD INCEST SURVIVOR: THE WHORE AS AN INCEST SURVIVOR Whose Responsibility is it Anyway?; EPILOGUE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 authorexplores 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.