Imaging Her Selves: Frida Kahlo's Poetics of Identity and Fragmentation

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Preface Introduction: Frida Kahlo's Search for Self A Brief Biographical Outline The Nascent Self: Where Began The Matrix The Paternal Contribution The Genealogical Self The Child Self: Kahlo's Childhood Series My Nurse and I The Ousted Child: She Plays Alone The Body-Self The Broken Body, The Double Self Displaying the Wounded Self Revisioning the Female Bather The Social Self The Beloved and the Mexican Wife The Maternal Self Exploring Alternative Roles The Pre-Social Self The Androgynous Self Trapped in a Web of Deceit and Betrayal The Ascetic Self Imitatio Christi Emulating Christ's Mystic Bride Merging Self and Other Uniting with Rivera, Identifying with Parvati The Ultimate Union: From Aham to Atman Conclusion: The Fractured Self: Behind the Triple Facade Select Bibliography