On matricide : myth, psychoanalysis, and the law of the mother / Amber Jacobs.
| Author/creator | Jacobs, Amber |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xi, 219 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Postpatriarchal futures -- Myth, phantasy, and culture -- Matricide in theory -- Oedipus and monotheism -- Oresteian secrets : decrypting Metis -- The blind spots of Metis -- Melanie Klein and the phantom of Metis -- Metis in contemporary psychoanalysis -- Who's afraid of Clytemnestra? -- Metis's law -- Clytemnestra's three daughters -- The latent mother-daughter -- Iphigenia becomes Metis -- Virginity and sibling incest -- Conclusion : The question of Chrysothemis. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006036864 |
| ISBN | 9780231141543 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231141548 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231512053 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0231512058 (electronic) |