This anthology brings together short stories, self-contained extracts from longer works of fiction, memoirs and poems about mothers and daughters. Drawing on American, Jewish, Chinese, African-American and Irish writing in English, the anthology both reflects the diversity of women's writing on this fascinating topic and traces the evolution of the mother-daughter relationship through the century. It shows the role motherhood and daughterhood play in shaping women's lives and ultimately their writing.
For teachers, students and researchers of Gender Studies, Women's Writing and Twentieth Century Literature, as well as the general reader, this anthology provides as never before an overview of the mother-daughter relationship in women's writing in English in the twentieth century.
This anthology of women's writing on the mother-daughter relationship covers the whole of the twentieth century and includes writing from many different cultures - black American, Jewish, West Indian, Irish, Chinese-American. The anthology has headnotes giving brief biographical details for each author plus suggestions for further reading. There is a substantial introduction tracking the evolution of the mother-daughter relationship in the twentieth century, setting it in the context of developments in psychoanalytical and feminist theory.
This anthology of women's writing on the mother-daughter relationship covers the whole of the twentieth century and includes writing from many different cultures - black American, Jewish, West Indian, Irish, Chinese-American.
This anthology of women's writing on the mother-daughter relationship covers the whole of the twentieth century and includes writing from many different cultures - black American, Jewish, West Indian, Irish, Chinese-American. The anthology has headnotes giving brief biographical details for each author plus suggestions for further reading. There is a substantial introduction tracking the evolution of the mother-daughter relationship in the twentieth century, setting it in the context of developments in psychoanalytical and feminist theory.* Covers fiction, non-fiction and poetry from different cultures and different decades* Substantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th century* Headnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural context* Overview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationship
