10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHANTOM PREGNANCY»
Discover the use of
phantom pregnancy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
phantom pregnancy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Origin of the World: Science and Fiction of the Vagina
Later that night George was to misuse this confidence during a game of 'Get the
Guests'. Phantom pregnancies must sometimes be treated as psychotic
delusions and sometimes as attempts at manipulation, but a genuine phantom
pregnancy ...
2
Critical Theory and Performance
448 event and the real event can be equally traumatic, we offer this reading of
Anna O.'s phantom pregnancy. Significantly, Anna O.'s pregnancy returned her to
her body, in much the way that her fainting spell returned her to her body when ...
Janelle G. Reinelt, Joseph R. Roach, 2007
3
The
Phantom Heroine: Ghosts and Gender in ...
as “phantom pregnancy” (gui tai, literally, “ghost fetus”), in which a woman, often
a maiden, exhibits symptoms of false pregnancy: cessation of menses and an
expanding belly.127 Different explanations for the disorder are offered, which
vary ...
4
Corporealities: Dancing Knowledge, Culture and Power
In short, her performance of a phantom pregnancy is both curative and traumatic.
The somatic reproduction of the trauma of absence is, and can only be, a
phantom. (The trauma is traumatic because it unveils the force of the phantom—
...
5
Freud, Biologist of the Mind: Beyond the Psychoanalytic Legend
Nor did Anna O.'s phantom pregnancy cause Breuer to react to Freud's later
discoveries in quite the way Freud himself was later to suppose. In 1895 both
Breuer and Freud earnestly believed the Anna O. case to be nonsexual — and ...
6
Mourning Sex: Performing Public Memories
It is necessary to emphasize that the entire report of Anna O.'s phantom
pregnancy comes from Freud and his historian - and not from Breuer or Anna O.
27 In his own version of The History of Psychoanalysis, Freud admits that Breuer
"never ...
7
Running Dog Maintenance
During this phase of her phantom pregnancy she carries a fair amount of
subcutaneous fat, her mammary glands are baggy and swollen and her whole air
is one of a just whelped female desperate to feed her pups by guzzling down
whatever ...
All this is disturbing enough; and the 'phantom' pregnancy and delivery seem to
be an especially grotesque illustration of the depth and nature of the patient's
attachment. But this is not yet the whole story: there is one further detail to come,
...
One of the greatest mysteries of medical science is the “phantom pregnancy.”
These are pregnancies that appear without intercourse and disappear without an
abortion. A woman gets up one morning feeling “strange.” She knows something
is ...
PSEUDOCYESIS Pseudocyesis is a false or phantom pregnancy, and is usually
the result of an intense desire for a child. This may cause stimulation of the
hypothalamus, with the release of gonadotrophic hormones. (Sometimes, this
intense ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHANTOM PREGNANCY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
phantom pregnancy is used in the context of the following news items.
Becky Sheaves - Our collie's new appetite really took the biscuit
A phantom pregnancy? A real pregnancy (heaven forbid)? Pining for attention? We talked seriously about getting another dog to keep her ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
What's on TV tonight? Our top 7 including University Challenge, Vet …
... symptoms of a phantom pregnancy and a wallaby with a very runny nose is treated. Documentary series following the pioneering work of staff ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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2/8. Freddie the West Highland terrier undergoes complicated heart surgery, the farm vets tend to a goat that is displaying the symptoms of a phantom pregnancy ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
I do! What we learned from Married at First Sight
Here we've only had a phantom pregnancy, a secret other marriage and a societal indignity so fierce Nine have had the only successful new ... «The New Daily, Jun 15»
Did North Carolina Woman Have a 'Phantom Pregnancy'?
Carrie Bradshaw-Crowther told everyone she was pregnant at age 49. But on the day she was scheduled to go to the hospital for a C-section, ... «Inside Edition, Jun 15»
Big Brother Timebomb: Rylan Clark reveals Makosi and Nikki …
Well, if Makosi is going back in, let's hope she's got some form of birth control this time to ward off another of those phantom pregnancy scares. «Unreality TV, May 15»
The phenomenon of phantom pregnancy kicks
Referred to as 'phantom pregnancy kicks', these physical feelings are encountered by many mums, who have been discussing this ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
Mom who had her baby cut out of her womb in critical but stable …
Police say Ridley believed his wife's phantom pregnancy – so he was horrified when he arrived home to find his wife covered in blood, claiming ... «Lifesite, Mar 15»
Is Rebecca Adlington's husband having a phantom pregnancy?
At first look, we thought Harry might be experiencing a phantom pregnancy, but on closer inspection, we suspect he's just shoved a ball up his top. His bump is ... «MadeForMums, Mar 15»
Chiller box set review – creepy tales of phantom foetuses and ouija …
Gordon isn't satisfied: without closure, she can't mourn, and her restlessness manifests itself as a phantom pregnancy. Or could something ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
