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In this book the bestselling author and psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati offers a fundamental re-examination of what 'being a mother' means today, in a world where new social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. Questioning the belief that a mother's love is natural and unconditional, he paints a more complex and troubling picture of the mother-child relationship, observing that mothers may even resent their children as a result of unresolved conflicts between different dimensions of love. The mother's hands not only nurture but can also potentially harm. Recalcati argues that it is precisely in these competing demands that motherhood fulfils its function: only if the mother is 'not-all-mother' can a child experience the absence that enables it to access the symbolic and cultural world. Recalcati cuts through conventional wisdom to offer a fresh perspective on the changing nature of motherhood today. An international bestseller, this book will appeal to a wide general readership, as well as to students and scholars of gender studies, psychoanalysis and related disciplines.Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-139781509531677
eBay Product ID (ePID)8046359529
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameThe Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Psychology
AuthorMassimo Recalcati
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height200 mm
Item Weight310 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMassimo Recalcati