The matrophobic gothic and its legacy
Deborah D. Rogers · 2007
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"Although in recent years maternity has become a contested site of political discourse, the matrophobia that characterizes many mother-daughter bonds has hardly been theorized. This book defines matrophobia as fear of mothers, as fear of becoming a mother, and as fear of identification with and separation from the maternal body. Deborah D. Rogers argues that matrophobia is the central metaphor for women's relationships with each other within a patriarchal culture." "Analyzing different contexts in which matrophobia problematizes feminism, this book begins with matrophobic discourse in eighteenth-century England. Significantly, the self-sacrificing construction of motherhood emerges at the same time as the novel, a genre that develops as a locus for the radical displacement of matrophobia."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 167
- ISBN
- 9781433100451
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