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I think I felt men could be wished to be conned into thinking I was truly “ feminine ”
; a child , I suspected , could see through me like a shot . This sense of acting a
part created a curious sense of guilt , even though it was a part demanded for ...
I think I felt men could be wished to be conned into thinking I was truly “ feminine ”
; a child , I suspected , could see through me like a shot . This sense of acting a
part created a curious sense of guilt , even though it was a part demanded for ...
Page 7
I felt myself perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed
easier , less disturbing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the "
measles ” were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two years
, I ...
I felt myself perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed
easier , less disturbing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the "
measles ” were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two years
, I ...
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Another nurse came , but she was not the same to me ; I felt she belonged to my
sister . Twenty years later , when I left my parents ' house , expecting never to
return , my black mother told me : " Yes , I understand how you have to leave and
do ...
Another nurse came , but she was not the same to me ; I felt she belonged to my
sister . Twenty years later , when I left my parents ' house , expecting never to
return , my black mother told me : " Yes , I understand how you have to leave and
do ...
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Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution |
| Author | Adrienne Cecile Rich |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Bantam Books, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 31 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 055320078X, 9780553200782 |
| Length | 328 pages |
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