Fratriarchy: The Sibling Trauma and the Law of the Mother

by Juliet Mitchell

Book Overview

In Fratriarchy, Juliet Mitchell expands her ground-breaking theories on the sibling trauma and the Law of the Mother. Writing as a psychoanalytic practitioner, she shows what happens from the ground up when we use feminist questions to probe the psycho-social world and its lateral relations.

In this pivotal text, Mitchell argues that the mother's prohibition of her toddler attacking a new or expected sibling is a rite of passage from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032364408
• ISBN13: 9781032364407
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"