Table of Contents

Rowland, Preface. Gardner, Introduction. Part 1: Gender in Politics/Politics in Gender. Flowers, Empowered by myth. Tuley, The jouissance of 'nasty women'. Chrzescijanska, The concept of 'therapeutic space' as maternal space in depth psychology - a critique. Auestad, Sexual counter-revolution. Goss, Gender difference. Part 2: Stories: Ancient and contemporary. Miller, Becoming queen. Dawson, Gender and the political Antigone. Sengupta, Earth, ecology and the feminine. Certa-Narcida, The modern ancients. Wang, The Peony Pavilion. Buchanan, Dynamic growth and infinite feminine potential in The Walking Dead. Part 3: Voices. Zaphiriou-Zarifi, Women in war zones. Maher, The role of the grandmother. Gray, Alternative visions - polysemy/art. Gardner, Let's talk about our mothers. Index.

About the Author

Leslie Gardner, PhD, is a Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic studies at the University of Essex, UK.

Catriona Miller, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK, where she teaches television script writers and media students.