TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welldon,Estela V
TI  - Mother, madonna, whore: the idealization and denigration of motherhood 
SN  - 1855753413
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Karnac
KW  - Psychosexual disorders
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Paraphilias
KW  - Child abuse
KW  - Mother-child relations
KW  - Women
KW  - Sexuality
KW  - Mind and body
N1  - Originally published: London : Free Association Books, 1988. this is a 2018 Routledge reprint; Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index
N2  - To Freud, female sexuality remained something of a mystery: a riddle and a dark continent. He urged his female colleagues to enlighten him. Many have since done so - and this book is a most vivid and illuminating contribution to the field. The author explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects which women see as their own creations, specifically, their babies. The potential causes and consequences of these conditions, including maternal and paternal incest and its frequent aftermath, prostitution, are also discussed
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