“How Could a Mother Do That to Her Children?”: Filicide and Maternal Ambivalence in Croatian Media and Online Discourse

Four filicide cases that occurred in Croatia in 2014-17 received wide national media coverage and caused strong public reactions. In each case, the mother of the child(ren) was the perpetrator.<br /> This paper will analyse different representations of motherhood, the contradictions and incons...

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Main Author: Barbara Pleić Tomić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lectito Journals 2019-09-01
Series:Feminist Encounters: A Journal of Critical Studies in Culture and Politics
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Online Access:http://www.lectitopublishing.nl/download/how-could-a-mother-do-that-to-her-children-filicide-and-maternal-ambivalence-in-croatian-media-and-5921.pdf