Representations of Motherhood - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300057628 ISBN 13: 9780300057621

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Explores the maternal experience from the mother's point of view. The book questions a society that has devalued and sentimentalized motherhood, and presents images of generative and creative women who are also mothers. It also discusses the portrayal of mothers in art, film and literature.

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From the Back Cover:

Offering new perspectives on motherhood, distinguished contributors from a variety of fields focus on the importance of seeing the mother as a subject, a person in her own right, by looking at the complex issue of how motherhood is represented. Contributors seek to understand the impact of culturally constructed images of motherhood in art, film, literature, and the social and behavioral sciences; they dignify the craft of motherhood, viewing maternal work as an experience grounded in social and political realities; and they probe conscious and unconscious maternal experience. From their several perspectives, contributors view the maternal subject as one who can give voice to her own experience and both appropriate and resist representations of motherhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0300057628
• ISBN 13: 9780300057621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Bassin Dr. Donna, Honey Dr. Margaret, Kaplan Dr. Meryle Mahrer