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Anorexia Nervosa
Author_Hendrika C. Freud
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developmental psychopathology
emotional enmeshment
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False Idyll
gender identity formation
Goodnight Kiss
Hendrika C. Freud
illusion
Individual Developmental History
jean
Jean Santeuil
La Berma
Marjolijn De Jager
mlle
Mlle Vinteuil
Mme De Guermantes
Mme Verdurin
Moral Masochism
Mother Daughter Relationship
Mother Son Relationship
Mother's Longings
Mother’s Longings
oedipal complex analysis
Packaging Problems
parent-child dynamics
Party Games
perverse
Perverse Scenario
Powerful Mother Figure
Proust's Narrator
Proust’s Narrator
psychoanalytic theory
santeuil
scenario
Sexual Masochism
Son's Sexual Identity
Son’s Sexual Identity
Swann's Life
Swann’s Life
symbiotic
Symbiotic Illusion
unresolved mother-son attachment
Vice Versa
vinteuil
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367101244
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Not all men vie with their fathers for the love of their mothers. In some families the mother becomes the central figure for her son - the father is excluded (or excludes himself) and does not come between mother and son. The main thesis of this book - using clinical vignettes and quotes from the work of Marcel Proust to illustrate the author's points - is that in these cases fantasies of matricide replace patricide. Men develop their male gender identity by being permitted to separate from their mother early on, but when a man does not resolve his infantile tie to his mother he risks remaining in a passive and/or dependent position towards her. Over-identification with the mother might ensue, hampering masculine development. Mothers who seek emotional support by binding their sons too closely can become seductive towards them. The child is inclined to try to satisfy the emotional needs of his mother, and he fears rejection if he asserts his independence instead of complying.
Hendrika C Freud
