Mothering the self : mothers, daughters, subjects

Mothering the self : mothers, daughters, subjects / Steph Lawler.

A fresh start from which to consider the far-reaching implications of this relationship. Draws on in-depth interviews with women who speak both as mothers and as daughters.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawler, Steph, 1958-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Series:	Transformations.
Subjects:	Mothers and daughters. Women > Interviews. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood. Mothers and daughters Women Electronic books. Interviews
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Being and knowing : the social relations of truth
Guaranteeing the social order : good-enough daughters, good-enough mothers
(Re)producing the self
Girls growing up : regulation and autonomy
Daughterly stories : matrophobia, class and the self
Maternal stories, maternal selves
Children's needs and mothers' desires
Telling other stories : refiguring motherhood and daughterhood.