When 'good' mothers kill: A representation of infanticide

Murray, Jessica

dc.contributor.author	Murray, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-26T08:00:10Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-26T08:00:10Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.identifier.citation	Murray, Jessica (2008) 'When 'good' mothers kill: A representation of infanticide', Agenda, 22: 76, 32-41	en
dc.identifier.issn	1013-0950
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5261
dc.description.abstract	This article explores Yvette Christiansë’s (2006) representation of an act of infanticide by the character of Sila van den Kaap in the novel Unconfessed. I will illustrate how the novel deconstructs idealised assumptions about ‘good’ mothers and families in order to reveal alternative constructions. Through the creative medium of fiction, Christiansë exposes the dangers that mothers and women face while also suggesting ways of subverting deeply embedded assumptions about what it means to be a ‘good’ mother and about what constitutes a family.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Routledge	en
dc.subject	infanticide, motherhood, families, slavery, rape, Unconfessed, Yvette Christiansë	en
dc.title	When 'good' mothers kill: A representation of infanticide	en
dc.type	Article	en