Torn in Two The Experience of Maternal Ambivalence |
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| Author:
| Parker, Rozsika |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85381-883-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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Conflicting feelings of love and hate for a child can have a creative impact on mothering. This is Rozsika Parker's contention as she presents an understanding of maternal ambivalence. Drawing on interviews with mothers, clinical material and a range of literary sources, she explores differing experiences of maternal ambivalence. Parker's revision of psychoanalysis from the point of view of the mother also makes a contribution to feminist thinking on motherhood. This book is...
More DescriptionConflicting feelings of love and hate for a child can have a creative impact on mothering. This is Rozsika Parker's contention as she presents an understanding of maternal ambivalence. Drawing on interviews with mothers, clinical material and a range of literary sources, she explores differing experiences of maternal ambivalence. Parker's revision of psychoanalysis from the point of view of the mother also makes a contribution to feminist thinking on motherhood. This book is appropriate for general readers as well as the professional.