With the aim of revealing the maternal as not a core identitiy but a site of profound psychic and social division, this book considers recent decades of feminist thought and explores novels by Jane Rule, Alice Walker, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood and Fay Weldon. Unlike traditional stories of abandoned children and bad mothers, these narratives do not sentimentalize motherhood's losses and impasses. The author embraces the larger cultural story of what it means to be a mother and ...
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With the aim of revealing the maternal as not a core identitiy but a site of profound psychic and social division, this book considers recent decades of feminist thought and explores novels by Jane Rule, Alice Walker, Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood and Fay Weldon. Unlike traditional stories of abandoned children and bad mothers, these narratives do not sentimentalize motherhood's losses and impasses. The author embraces the larger cultural story of what it means to be a mother and illuminates how motherhood is being reimagined today.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Title page ripped. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9780520205789.
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