LEADER 04349oam 2200637I 450 001 9910819624103321 005 20240131152314.0 010 $a1-78181-532-1 010 $a0-429-91615-9 010 $a0-429-90192-5 010 $a0-429-47715-5 010 $a1-78241-400-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429477157 035 $a(CKB)3710000000444195 035 $a(EBL)2089528 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001567260 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16210977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001567260 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14834708 035 $a(PQKB)10121921 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2089528 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2089528 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11077279 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL811447 035 $a(OCoLC)914434360 035 $a(OCoLC)1029482900 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB145888 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000444195 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMedea $eMyth and Unconscious Fantasy /$fedited by Esa Roos 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cTaylor and Francis,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aPsychoanalysis and Women Series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-367-32315-X 311 $a1-78220-291-9 327 $aCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE On the Medea fantasy; CHAPTER TWO The ever present tragedy of Medea: women's attack on their own creativity; CHAPTER THREE The age-old myth of Medea and the Medea of Lars von Trier: the story of a woman's love and compassion rejected; CHAPTER FOUR Medea: maternal ambivalence; CHAPTER FIVE Female destructiveness in fairy tales and myths; CHAPTER SIX Sister fantasy and sisterly love 327 $aCHAPTER SEVEN Conflicts around having two mothers: an interview study with a Finnish war childCHAPTER EIGHT On the psychology of love; INDEX 330 $a"This book takes Euripides tragedy of Medea as its starting point. Our unconscious fantasies can be embedded in age-old myths, and many modern works about Medea reflect our ever-present interest in such myths. The Danish film director T.H. Dreyer had plans to produce a film about the story of Medea, while his countryman Lars von Trier did in fact make his own version of Medea, based on Dreyer`s previous work on the theme. In this remarkable new book the `Medea fantasy is introduced as an unconscious determinant of psychogenic sterility, a fantasy that may form an unrecognized and dissociated part of the self-representation. The book describes how this can lead women to believe that their lovers (like Jason in the original myth) will deceive and abandon them, and that this anxiety might cause them to react violently towards their children. For such women it is imperative to forgo any creative femininity. The carefully written chapters study the so called dark continent` - hidden or unknown areas of womanhood, that are often felt to be difficult to approach, understand, or conceptualise.The areas covered in the book include pregnancy, abortion, maternal ambivalence, loving and hating the baby, shame, ideals and idealisation of motherhood, as well as such issues as sister fantasy, sisterly and lesbian love, the problems between mother and daughter, and female destructiveness, as reflected in fairy-tales. The book also examines a particular type of female masochism that has a strong influence on the life of couples, often destroying the possibility of genuine mutuality between spouses. This masochistic element can be manifested in the way the woman abandons her own world and possibilities of creativity, in order to immerse herself in her partners world. Lastly, it studies what factors might lead to happy and satisfactory relationships, and what factors may lead to failure in establishing such lasting and mutually beneficial relationships in life."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aPsychoanalysis & women series. 606 $aLearning, Psychology of 615 0$aLearning, Psychology of. 676 $a370.1523 702 $aRoos$b Esa 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819624103321 996 $aMedea$973501 997 $aUNINA