On matricide : myth, psychoanalysis, and the law of the mother / Amber Jacobs.

Author/creator Jacobs, Amber
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxi, 219 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index.
LCCN 2006036864
ISBN9780231141543 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231141548 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231512053 (electronic)
ISBN0231512058 (electronic)