Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page xv
... lives ; it exonerates men from fatherhood in any authentic sense ; it creates the dangerous schism between " private " and " public " life ; it calcifies human choices and potentialities . In the most fundamental and bewildering of ...
... lives ; it exonerates men from fatherhood in any authentic sense ; it creates the dangerous schism between " private " and " public " life ; it calcifies human choices and potentialities . In the most fundamental and bewildering of ...
Page xvii
... lives of my children , because it meant going back into pain and anger that I would have preferred to think of as long since resolved and put away . I could not begin to think of writing a book on motherhood until I began to feel strong ...
... lives of my children , because it meant going back into pain and anger that I would have preferred to think of as long since resolved and put away . I could not begin to think of writing a book on motherhood until I began to feel strong ...
Page 33
... lives as mothers and workers in the home . These lives stood as far as pos- sible in contradiction to the ideal of the home as a protected place apart from the brutal realities of work and struggle . The average woman had from five to ...
... lives as mothers and workers in the home . These lives stood as far as pos- sible in contradiction to the ideal of the home as a protected place apart from the brutal realities of work and struggle . The average woman had from five to ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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