The undead mother : (Record no. 4353)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 1855759136
060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WM 460.
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Personal author Wieland, Christina
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Title The undead mother :
Subtitle psychoanalytic explorations of masculinity, femininity and matricide
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Publisher Karnac,
Date 2000
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Physical description 251p
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Contents CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1 Clytemnestra and Count Dracula; Chapter 2 Matricide and the Oedipus Complex; Chapter 3 Masculinity and Matricide; Chapter 4 Masculinity, Femininity, and the Death Instinct; Chapter 5 Freud and Femininity; Chapter 6 Mothers and Daughters; Chapter 7 Matricide and the Mother-Daughter Relationship; Chapter 8 The Father-Daughter Romance; Chapter 9 Beauty and the Beast: the Father-Daughter Relationship; Chapter 10 Aggression and Femininity; Chapter 11 Two Women in the Consulting-Room; Chapter 12 The Search for an Alternative Space; Notes<br/>Bibliography; Index
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Abstract A state of mourning is something that the late twentieth century has been uniquely unable to achieve. A culture based on the interchangeability of products and people, a throw-away culture, is not conducive to mourning…Inanimate objects have replaced human ideals. A culture of ‘virtual reality’ which finds it difficult to distinguish between the living and the inanimate has been created - a culture of the undead. This culture is not grounded on human relationships but in the destruction of them.’ In this book, Christina Wieland offers the reader a far-reaching and devastating critique of masculinity, femininity, and contemporary culture. Drawing inspiration from the work of Melanie Klein, the author demonstrates how the Western psyche is based upon denial of the power of the mother, and the elevation of the father into a repressive, authoritarian figure. This act of universal matricide has wrought havoc throughout Western culture. As Wieland graphically illustrates, both women and men ore denied the opportunity to mourn their separation from the mother, but must contend instead with the guilt that surrounds her murder, and the ever-present terror of her vengeful return – as ‘the undead mother’. Re-appraising masculinity and femininity, the author re-visits a wide and fascinating range of myths, fairytales and stories. Her critique casts new light on the writings of Freud, Klein, Kristeva and Irigaray. Her vivid presentations of clinical material also show how the undead mother makes her presence felt in the consulting room, and the steps which can be taken towards more genuine, reparative mourning.
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Subject term Psychoanalysis
9 (RLIN) 7581
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Subject term Parent-child relations
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Subject term Psychoanalytic theory
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Subject term Psychoanalytic interpretation
9 (RLIN) 7582
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    National Library of Medicine     South London and Maudsley Trust Library South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves 16/06/2006 3 2 WM 460 WIE 023753 17/10/2022 25/07/2022 1 27/03/2015 Book
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