The monster within : the hidden side of motherhood / Barbara Almond.
Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.Description: xxvi, 265 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780520267138 (alk. paper)
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- HQ759 .A436 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index.
The ubiquity of maternal ambivalence -- Motherlove: the power of maternal desire -- The subtle ambivalence of the too-good mother -- "Before the beginning": women's fears of monstrous births -- Women's reproductive fears: more clinical examples -- Rachel's story: internalized ambivalence and the dangers of hidden guilt -- Whose fault is it? The externalization of ambivalence -- When fears are realized -- From the child's point of view -- Vampyric mothering: from stage moms to invasive moms -- The darkest side of motherhood: child murder -- What happens later: the fate of maternal ambivalence -- What's a mother to do?