Mothers Who Kill

by Charlotte Beyer

This compelling and unique collection of critical and creative work assesses for the first time cultural, literary, legal, and historical representations and narratives about mothers who kill and filicide. The idea of a mother killing her child to many presents the greatest taboo, and the most disturbing and distressing aspect of maternal experience. In Toni Morrison's 1987 novel Beloved, escaped slave mother Sethe addresses her daughter Beloved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 177258357X
• ISBN13: 9781772583571
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"