Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface. The Family, Feminist Scholarship, and Mimetic Theory
Introduction. Family Matters
Part 1. In Search of Lost Time
Prelude. Mothers
Chapter 1. The Eyes of a Parricide
Chapter 2. Of Madeleines, Mothers, and Montjouvain
Chapter 3. The Journey Home Is through the World
Part 2. Antigone
Prelude. Siblings
Chapter 4. The House of Labdacus: On Kinship and Sacrifice
Chapter 5. Trauma and the Theban Cycle
Chapter 6. Antigone and the Ethics of Intimacy
Part 3. The Old Man and the Wolves
Prelude. Fathers
Chapter 7. Not a Country for Old Men: Violence and Mimesis in Santa Varvara
Chapter 8. To Glimpse a World without Wolves: From Conflict to Compassion
Notes
Bibliography
Index