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The Maternal Lineage: Identification, Desire and Transgenerational Issues
Paola Mariotti
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Description for The Maternal Lineage: Identification, Desire and Transgenerational Issues
Paperback. Editor(s): Mariotti, Paola. Series: The New Library of Psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Why do women want to have children? How does one `learn' to be a mother? Does having babies have anything to do with sex? At a time when mothers are bombarded by prescriptive and contradicting advice on how to behave with their children, The Maternal Lineage highlights various psychological aspects of the mothering experience. International contributors provide clinical examples of frequent and challenging situations that have received scarce attention in psychoanalysis, such as issues of neglect and psychical abuse. The transgenerational repetition from mother to daughter of distressing ... Read more
Why do women want to have children? How does one `learn' to be a mother? Does having babies have anything to do with sex? At a time when mothers are bombarded by prescriptive and contradicting advice on how to behave with their children, The Maternal Lineage highlights various psychological aspects of the mothering experience. International contributors provide clinical examples of frequent and challenging situations that have received scarce attention in psychoanalysis, such as issues of neglect and psychical abuse. The transgenerational repetition from mother to daughter of distressing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The New Library of Psychoanalysis
Condition
New
Weight
659g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415681650
SKU
V9780415681650
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About Paola Mariotti
Paola Mariotti is a fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society. She is a psychoanalyst in private practice. She was supervisor of a Unit in an NHS Hospital working with patients suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder and has lectured and published on sexuality, reproductive issues and maternity extensively.
Reviews for The Maternal Lineage: Identification, Desire and Transgenerational Issues
The Maternal Lineage provides a thorough overview of the profoundly important but little-examined experience of mothering, and illuminates how psychoanalysis can help women going through this process. - Joanne A. Byars, AAPDP, Winter 2012 This is an important book, bringing together a diverse range of papers in the psychoanalytic tradition from around the world. ... Read more