Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. PART I
6. 1. Postpatriarchal Futures 3
7. 2. Myth, Phantasy, and Culture 15
8. 3. Matricide in Theory 32
9. 4. Oedipus and Monotheism 45
10. PART II
11. 5. Oresteian Secrets 55
12. 6. The Blind Spot of Metis 72
13. 7. Melanie Klein and the Phantom of Metis 83
14. 8. Metis in Contemporary Psychoanalysis 94
15. 9. Who’s Afraid of Clytemnestra? 107
16. 10. Metis’s Law 121
17. PART III
18. 11. Clytemnestra’s Three Daughters 129
19. 12. The Latent Mother- Daughter 148
20. 13. Iphigenia Becomes Metis 157
21. 14. Virginity and Sibling Incest 163
22. Conclusion: The Question of Chrysothemis 178
23. Notes 183
24. Bibliography 203
25. Index 213