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The monster within: The hidden side of motherland/ Barbara Almond

By: Almond, BarbaraMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: University of California press, 2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 265 pISBN: 9780520267138Subject(s): Love, Maternal -- Psychological aspects Mother and child -- Psychological aspects Motherhood -- Psychological aspectsDDC classification: 306.8743

Contents:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	306.8743 ALM/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P15357

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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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