Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 230
... mother from herself . The woman activist or artist born of a family- centered mother may in any case feel that her mother cannot understand or sympathize with the impera- tives of her life ; or that her mother has preferred and valued a ...
... mother from herself . The woman activist or artist born of a family- centered mother may in any case feel that her mother cannot understand or sympathize with the impera- tives of her life ; or that her mother has preferred and valued a ...
Page 231
... mother " has been variously interpreted ; but surely she meant in part that she felt herself deviant , set apart , from the kind of life her mother lived ; that what most concerned her , her mother could not un- derstand . Yet when her ...
... mother " has been variously interpreted ; but surely she meant in part that she felt herself deviant , set apart , from the kind of life her mother lived ; that what most concerned her , her mother could not un- derstand . Yet when her ...
Page 322
... Mother - daughter relationship , 218-59 early American , 235–36 Eleusinian mysteries , 240- 243 Jewish mother , 201-2 , 237- 238 lesbianism and , 233-35 in literature , 227-33 , 238- 240 , 242-46 , 251 matrophobia , 238-39 and the need ...
... Mother - daughter relationship , 218-59 early American , 235–36 Eleusinian mysteries , 240- 243 Jewish mother , 201-2 , 237- 238 lesbianism and , 233-35 in literature , 227-33 , 238- 240 , 242-46 , 251 matrophobia , 238-39 and the need ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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