Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-300) and index.
Contents:
The sex of death and the maternal crypt -- Mourning, magic, and telepathy -- The sexual animal and the primal scene of birth -- Back of beyond: anxiety and the birth of the future -- On psycho-photography: shame and the Abu Ghraib -- Avital Ronell's body politics -- Blade Runner's moving still -- Nothing to say: fragments on the mother in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Darkroom readings: scenes of maternal photography -- The mother tongue in Phè€dre and Frankenstein -- Birthmarks (given names) -- Bit: mourning remains in Derrida and Cixous.
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