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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welldon, Estela V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychosexual disorders.

Abusive mothers.

Paraphilias.

Child abuse.

Mother and child.

Women--Sexual behavior.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91634-5

0-429-90211-5

0-429-47734-1

1-282-90067-6

9786612900679

1-84940-139-X

OCLC:

723944470