Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal e-bog
146,74 DKK
(inkl. moms 183,42 DKK)
In this book the bestselling author and psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati offers a fundamental re-examination of what being a mother means today, in a world where new social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. Questioning the belief that a mother s love is natural and unconditional, he paints a more complex and troubling picture of the mother child r...
E-bog
146,74 DKK
Forlag
Polity
Udgivet
4 juni 2019
Genrer
Psychology
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781509531707
In this book the bestselling author and psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati offers a fundamental re-examination of what being a mother means today, in a world where new social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. Questioning the belief that a mother s love is natural and unconditional, he paints a more complex and troubling picture of the mother child relationship, observing that mothers may even resent their children as a result of unresolved conflicts between different dimensions of love. The mother s hands not only nurture but can also potentially harm. Recalcati argues that it is precisely in these competing demands that motherhood fulfils its function: only if the mother is not-all-mother can a child experience the absence that enables it to access the symbolic and cultural world. Recalcati cuts through conventional wisdom to offer a fresh perspective on the changing nature of motherhood today. An international bestseller, this book will appeal to a wide general readership, as well as to students and scholars of gender studies, psychoanalysis and related disciplines.