The monster within
Subtitle: the hidden side of motherhood
By: Barbara Almond
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780520267138
Subjects: Motherhood; Psychological aspects; Mother and child; Maternal Love
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ubiquity of maternal ambivalence; title: Motherlove: the power of maternal desire; title: The subtle ambivalence of the too-good mother; title: "Before the beginning": women's fears of monstrous births; title: Women's reproductive fears: more clinical examples; title: Rachel's story: internalized ambivalence and the dangers of hidden guilt; title: Whose fault is it? The externalization of ambivalence; title: When fears are realized; title: From the child's point of view; title: Vampyric mothering: from stage moms to invasive moms; title: The darkest side of motherhood: child murder; title: What happens later: the fate of maternal ambivalence; title: What's a mother to do?