TY  - BOOK
AU  - Almond,Barbara
TI  - The monster within: the hidden side of motherhood 
SN  - 9780520267138 (alk. paper)
AV  - HQ759 .A436 2010
U1  - 306.874/3 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Mother and child
KW  - Love, Maternal
N1  - 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?
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