The monster within:

Almond, Barbara

The monster within: The hidden side of motherland/ Barbara Almond - 1st ed. - London: University of California press, 2000. - 265 p.

The ubiquity of maternal ambivalence --
Motherlove: the power of maternal desire --
The subtle ambivalence of the too-good mother --
"Before the beginning": women's fears of monstrous births --
Women's reproductive fears: more clinical examples --
Rachel's story: internalized ambivalence and the dangers of hidden guilt --
Whose fault is it? --
The externalization of ambivalence --
When fears are realized --
From the child's point of view --
Vampyric mothering: from stage moms to invasive moms --
The darkest side of motherhood: child murder --
What happens later: the fate of maternal ambivalence --
What's a mother to do?

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Love, Maternal -- Psychological aspects
Mother and child -- Psychological aspects
Motherhood -- Psychological aspects

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