Christina Wieland is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice and a fellow of the University of Essex, teaching at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies. She has a special interest in psychoanalysis, gender and culture, and has published numerous papers in this area.

'At long last someone dares to challenge the myth of the father as a 'third term'. This important book charts the personal and sociocultural effects of false Oedipal-resolutions. Despite the complex ideas it presents, the hallmark of this book is clarity. The author uses well-digested theory to fuel her leap into original thought.'- Joan Raphael-Leff

• A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- Clytemnestra and Count Dracula -- Matricide and the Oedipus Complex -- Masculinity and Matricide -- Masculinity, Femininity, and the Death Instinct -- Freud and Femininity -- Mothers and Daughters -- Matricide and the Mother-Daughter Relationship -- The Father-Daughter Romance -- Beauty and the Beast: the Father-Daughter Relationship -- Aggression and Femininity -- Two Women in the Consulting-Room -- The Search for an Alternative Space

Christina Wieland is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice and a fellow of the University of Essex, teaching at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies. She has a special interest in psychoanalysis, gender and culture, and has published numerous papers in this area.

'At long last someone dares to challenge the myth of the father as a 'third term'. This important book charts the personal and sociocultural effects of false Oedipal-resolutions. Despite the complex ideas it presents, the hallmark of this book is clarity. The author uses well-digested theory to fuel her leap into original thought.'- Joan Raphael-Leff

• A Note on Texts -- Introduction -- Clytemnestra and Count Dracula -- Matricide and the Oedipus Complex -- Masculinity and Matricide -- Masculinity, Femininity, and the Death Instinct -- Freud and Femininity -- Mothers and Daughters -- Matricide and the Mother-Daughter Relationship -- The Father-Daughter Romance -- Beauty and the Beast: the Father-Daughter Relationship -- Aggression and Femininity -- Two Women in the Consulting-Room -- The Search for an Alternative Space