Abstract
The mother-daughter dyad is far from simple. Adrienne Rich examines it within the parameters of matrophobia, which is not fearing the mother but fearing to become like her. In Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, Audre Lorde fluctuates between the urge to identify with her mother and the desire to break free. This essay examines Lorde’s ambivalent bond with her mother from the perspective of pre-Oedipal attachment theory and matrophobia.
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