Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page xxi
... to encourage . Finally , I cannot imagine having written this book without the presence in my life of my mother , who of- fers a continuing example of transformation and re- birth ; and of my sister , with and from FOREWORD xxi.
... to encourage . Finally , I cannot imagine having written this book without the presence in my life of my mother , who of- fers a continuing example of transformation and re- birth ; and of my sister , with and from FOREWORD xxi.
Page 68
... imagine herself as a being separate from all these lives . Once in a while she looks into the glass and sees that she is becoming her mother . At the other end of the spectrum let us imagine a laboratory in which men - the most powerful ...
... imagine herself as a being separate from all these lives . Once in a while she looks into the glass and sees that she is becoming her mother . At the other end of the spectrum let us imagine a laboratory in which men - the most powerful ...
Page 71
... imagine some universal earlier civilization in which mother- right , not father - right , prevailed ; in which matrilineal- ity and matrifocality played a part ; in which women were active and admired participants in all of culture ...
... imagine some universal earlier civilization in which mother- right , not father - right , prevailed ; in which matrilineal- ity and matrifocality played a part ; in which women were active and admired participants in all of culture ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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