Mothers and Daughters: The Distortion of a Relationship

by Vivien E. Nice

Overview

This book offers a review and a feminist critique of mother-daughter literature. The barriers erected by patriarchal, racist, classist and homophobic knowledge between mothers and daughters are explored. Women's writing is used to explore the existing and potential connection and cooperation between mothers and daughters, emphasising the importance of social context for an understanding of mother-daughter relationships. Motherhood is emphasised as a developmental process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333525296
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/27/1992
Edition description:	1992
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)