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The Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal

By Massimo Recalcati

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About the book

The social changes of the last century have fundamentally transformed motherhood. From a patriarchal society which reduced women almost entirely to their maternal function, new social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. At the same time, scientific advances mean that children can now be born without the presence of a conventional mother. How then should we view motherhood today? In this book, the bestselling author and psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati ...Show more

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ISBN

9781509531684

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2019

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1

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The Mother's Hands: Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal

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Paperback

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