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The monstrous mother = unexpected evil in myth, literature, and popular culture /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The monstrous mother/ edited by Anna Chiara Corradino, Alessandro Grilli.
Reminder of title:	unexpected evil in myth, literature, and popular culture /
other author:	Corradino, Anna Chiara.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xviii, 404 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Chapter 1. Introduction -- Section 1: Worldwide Roots of Monstrosity: Deviant Mothers in Myth and Lore -- Chapter 2. The Monstrous Mother: Resisting Decentred Subjectivity -- Chapter 3. From the Old Testament to Josephus: The Cannibalism of Mary of Bethezuba and the Implications of Her Monstrous Gesture -- Chapter 4. Monstrous Milk: Early Modern English Medical Theories of Women's Corrupting Lactation -- Chapter 5. Mythopoesis Redux: Disrupting the Insidious and Silent Conditioning of the Monstrous Mother -- Section 2: Representations of Deviant Motherhood -- Chapter 6. "Piange la madre estinta". On Evil Mothers in Melodrama -- Chapter 7. Killjoy and Conflictive Virgins as Anti-Mothers In the Work of Julia Rossetti and Blas Aparecido -- Chapter 8. The Symbolic Order of (Monstrous) Mothers in Francesca Marciano's Casa Rossa -- Chapter 9. Motherhood, Monstrosity and Trauma in the Writings of Anzia Yezierska and Michael Gold -- Chapter 10. The Monstrous Mother in Now, Voyager, The Manchurian Candidate and Ordinary People -- Section 3: Horrific Mothers: Monsters and Beasts -- Chapter 11. Queer Mother, Hybrid Monster: Serpentine Hybridity and Monstrous Motherhood in d'Arras and Spenser -- Chapter 12. From The Devouring Mother to the Devoured Mother. Images of the Crocodile-Mother in the Damas Oscuras' Fiction (Mónica Ojeda, Ana Martínez Castillo, Solange Rodríguez Pappe, Alicia Sánchez Martínez) -- Chapter 13. The Single Mother as a Folk Devil: Mothers in Japanese Horror Cinema 1998-2010 -- Chapter 14. Motherhood in Contemporary Horror: Some Notes and a Possible Classification -- Chapter 15. Corporeal and Psychological Monstrosities of Mothers in the Marquis de Sade -- Chapter 16. Sexy Mothers not Wanted: An Ideological Analysis of U.S. Media Representations of Mothers in the Sex Industry -- Chapter 17. "Your Mother's Sex Dungeon": Netflix's Sex Education's Jean Milburn as Feminist Witch -- Chapter 18. Over a Feminist Performer's Knee: Spanking Representation in Dana Vespoli's Porn -- Chapter 19. The Monstrous Mother Toolkit.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Monstrosity. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92293-0
ISBN:	9783031922930

The monstrous mother = unexpected evil in myth, literature, and popular culture /
The monstrous motherunexpected evil in myth, literature, and popular culture /[electronic resource] :edited by Anna Chiara Corradino, Alessandro Grilli. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xviii, 404 p. :ill. (chiefly col.), digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in monstrosity,3059-3433. - Palgrave studies in monstrosity..

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Section 1: Worldwide Roots of Monstrosity: Deviant Mothers in Myth and Lore -- Chapter 2. The Monstrous Mother: Resisting Decentred Subjectivity -- Chapter 3. From the Old Testament to Josephus: The Cannibalism of Mary of Bethezuba and the Implications of Her Monstrous Gesture -- Chapter 4. Monstrous Milk: Early Modern English Medical Theories of Women's Corrupting Lactation -- Chapter 5. Mythopoesis Redux: Disrupting the Insidious and Silent Conditioning of the Monstrous Mother -- Section 2: Representations of Deviant Motherhood -- Chapter 6. "Piange la madre estinta". On Evil Mothers in Melodrama -- Chapter 7. Killjoy and Conflictive Virgins as Anti-Mothers In the Work of Julia Rossetti and Blas Aparecido -- Chapter 8. The Symbolic Order of (Monstrous) Mothers in Francesca Marciano's Casa Rossa -- Chapter 9. Motherhood, Monstrosity and Trauma in the Writings of Anzia Yezierska and Michael Gold -- Chapter 10. The Monstrous Mother in Now, Voyager, The Manchurian Candidate and Ordinary People -- Section 3: Horrific Mothers: Monsters and Beasts -- Chapter 11. Queer Mother, Hybrid Monster: Serpentine Hybridity and Monstrous Motherhood in d'Arras and Spenser -- Chapter 12. From The Devouring Mother to the Devoured Mother. Images of the Crocodile-Mother in the Damas Oscuras' Fiction (Mónica Ojeda, Ana Martínez Castillo, Solange Rodríguez Pappe, Alicia Sánchez Martínez) -- Chapter 13. The Single Mother as a Folk Devil: Mothers in Japanese Horror Cinema 1998-2010 -- Chapter 14. Motherhood in Contemporary Horror: Some Notes and a Possible Classification -- Chapter 15. Corporeal and Psychological Monstrosities of Mothers in the Marquis de Sade -- Chapter 16. Sexy Mothers not Wanted: An Ideological Analysis of U.S. Media Representations of Mothers in the Sex Industry -- Chapter 17. "Your Mother's Sex Dungeon": Netflix's Sex Education's Jean Milburn as Feminist Witch -- Chapter 18. Over a Feminist Performer's Knee: Spanking Representation in Dana Vespoli's Porn -- Chapter 19. The Monstrous Mother Toolkit.

This edited volume delves into the unexpected, intriguing depictions of monstrous mothers in different cultures, literatures, and the arts. This wide-ranging topic is explored through a variety of methodological approaches, spanning disciplines from sociology to film studies, and from comparative literature to cultural studies. The scope of this collection is global, highlighting the presence of maternal monstrosity not only in Western cultures but also in a number of other cultural contexts worldwide. The book's international and interdisciplinary perspective makes it relevant to a broad and diverse readership focusing on literary criticism, as well as cultural and gender studies.

ISBN: 9783031922930

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-92293-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: GR471

Dewey Class. No.: 306.8743

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