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Oberman, Michelle.

When mothers kill interviews from prison / [electronic resource] : Michelle Oberman and Cheryl L. Meyer. - New York : New York University Press, c2008. - x, 179 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.

The saddest stories -- She's the world to me : the mother-daughter relationships described by mothers who committed filicide -- Fighting for love : filicidal mothers and their male partners -- Mothering : hopes, expectations and realities -- Punishment, shame and guilt -- Making sense of the stories -- Interactions with the state : holes in the safety nets -- The end of the story.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Corporate Names:
Ohio Reformatory for Women.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women prisoners--United States--Interviews.
Women murderers--United States--Interviews.
Filicide--United States--Case studies.
Infanticide--United States--Case studies.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV9471 / .O34 2008eb

Dewey Class. No.: 364.152/308520973