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White Feminists and Contemporary Maternity: Purging Matrophobia
D. Lynn O'Brien Hallstein
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Description for White Feminists and Contemporary Maternity: Purging Matrophobia
Hardcover. This work explores matrophobia - the fear not of one's mother or of motherhood but of becoming one's mother - in past and present white feminist analyses of motherhood and mothering. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
This work explores matrophobia - the fear not of one s mother or of motherhood but of becoming one s mother - in past and present white feminist analyses of motherhood and mothering. By tracing white second wave feminism s strategic choice to organize first as sisters then as daughters, O Brien Hallstein argues matrophobia became embedded in past and continues to linger in contemporary feminist analyses. As a result, contemporary analyses reveal crucially important but limited understandings of contemporary motherhood and mothering. This important work concludes that matrophobia can be reduced and eliminated by reorienting analyses to mutual responsiveness ... Read more
This work explores matrophobia - the fear not of one s mother or of motherhood but of becoming one s mother - in past and present white feminist analyses of motherhood and mothering. By tracing white second wave feminism s strategic choice to organize first as sisters then as daughters, O Brien Hallstein argues matrophobia became embedded in past and continues to linger in contemporary feminist analyses. As a result, contemporary analyses reveal crucially important but limited understandings of contemporary motherhood and mothering. This important work concludes that matrophobia can be reduced and eliminated by reorienting analyses to mutual responsiveness ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230608634
SKU
V9780230608634
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About D. Lynn O'Brien Hallstein
D. LYNN O'BRIEN HALLSTEIN is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at Boston University, College of General Studies, USA.
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