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Mothers who kill /

This compelling and unique collection of critical and creative work assesses for the first time cultural, literary, legal and historical representations and narratives about mothers who kill and filicide. The idea of a mother killing her child to many presents the greatest taboo, and the most distur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Beyer, Charlotte, 1965- (Editor ), Savarese, Josephine, 1962- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bradford, Ontario : Demeter Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This compelling and unique collection of critical and creative work assesses for the first time cultural, literary, legal and historical representations and narratives about mothers who kill and filicide. The idea of a mother killing her child to many presents the greatest taboo, and the most disturbing and distressing aspect of maternal experience. In Toni Morrison's 1987 novel Beloved, escaped slave mother Sethe addresses her daughter Beloved whom she murdered out of desperation, in order to avoid her returning to a life of slavery and sexual abuse. Sethe reflects, ""I'll explain to her, eve.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781772583731
1772583731