Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 45
... images of the archetypal Mother which reinforce the conservatism of motherhood and convert it to an energy for the renewal of male power . Of these images , and their implications for the whole spectrum of human relations , there is ...
... images of the archetypal Mother which reinforce the conservatism of motherhood and convert it to an energy for the renewal of male power . Of these images , and their implications for the whole spectrum of human relations , there is ...
Page 81
... images . If they did nothing else for her , they must have validated her spiritually ( as our contem- porary images do not ) , giving her back aspects of herself neither insipid nor trivial , investing her with a sense of participation ...
... images . If they did nothing else for her , they must have validated her spiritually ( as our contem- porary images do not ) , giving her back aspects of herself neither insipid nor trivial , investing her with a sense of participation ...
Page 113
... images of woman and of the family which do not seem very different from contemporary stereo- types . In these incised or carven images , Akhenaton is already both patriarch and deity ( Incarnation of the Aten ) . With him is his queen ...
... images of woman and of the family which do not seem very different from contemporary stereo- types . In these incised or carven images , Akhenaton is already both patriarch and deity ( Incarnation of the Aten ) . With him is his queen ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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