Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... experience . " Rarely has it been viewed as one way of knowing and coming to terms with our bodies , of discovering ... experience . To separate sense from emotion , body from mind , is hardly useful when we are trying to understand the ...
... experience . " Rarely has it been viewed as one way of knowing and coming to terms with our bodies , of discovering ... experience . To separate sense from emotion , body from mind , is hardly useful when we are trying to understand the ...
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Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Rich. and subjective power , and so dramatic in its physi- cal sensations . The experience of pain is historical - framed by memory and anticipation - and it is relative . Thresh- olds of ...
Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Rich. and subjective power , and so dramatic in its physi- cal sensations . The experience of pain is historical - framed by memory and anticipation - and it is relative . Thresh- olds of ...
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... experience by women ; and women poets , certainly , have spoken . 36 One aspect of female experience which is chang- ing - albeit gradually - is the expressed desire for sons . Undoubtedly there are and will long continue to be women ...
... experience by women ; and women poets , certainly , have spoken . 36 One aspect of female experience which is chang- ing - albeit gradually - is the expressed desire for sons . Undoubtedly there are and will long continue to be women ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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