The monster within: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and a patient's fears of childbirth and mothering

International Journal of Psycho-Analysis

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 775-786

  Almond, Barbara R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCEST; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONSTER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PROGENY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; FANTASY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LITERATURE, MODERN; MONSTERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION;

EID: 0031782126     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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