{"product_id":"re-envisioning-the-freudian-mother-in-southern-literature-9781666969986","title":"Re-Envisioning the Freudian Mother in Southern Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough the lens of a feminist psychoanalytic framework, \u003ci\u003eRe-Envisioning the Freudian Mother in Southern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e re-evaluates the mother-child dynamic as one far more complicated than what is present in typical psychoanalytic readings.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnder this framework, Jill Goad explores the figure of the mother through Margaret Mitchell's \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, William Faulkner's \u003ci\u003eLight in August\u003c\/i\u003e, Tennessee Williams' \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e, Eudora Welty's \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Apples\u003c\/i\u003e, Natasha Trethewey's \u003ci\u003eNative Guard \u003c\/i\u003eand other poems, and Jesmyn Ward's \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. The author argues that the Freudian concept of castration occurring at birth rather than a child's early years, contrasting the Freudian-influenced theorists dominate the notion of psychoanalysis in literature. Goad's approach to analyzing mothers and the consequences of birth classifies mother figures as powerful and complex instead of weak, frightening, or two-dimensional. \u003ci\u003eRe-Envisioning the Freudian Mother in Southern Literature\u003c\/i\u003e encourages a complete re-evaluation of the mother as one who gives birth to selfhood and subjectivity as opposed to a lack of agency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Goad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666969986","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45342480367753,"sku":"9781666969986","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ec625d24-ac67-4386-a53d-71b0e10ff3c3.jpg?v=1772516416","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/re-envisioning-the-freudian-mother-in-southern-literature-9781666969986","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}