From Motherhood to Mothering - The Legacy of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born

Informationen zum Autor Andrea O'Reilly is Associate Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University and Director of the Association for Research on Mothering. She is the author and editor of many books on mothering, including From Motherhood to Mothering: The Legacy of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born and Toni Morrison and Motherhood: A Politics of the Heart , both also published by SUNY Press. Klappentext In the years since the publication of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born! the topic of motherhood has emerged as a central issue in feminist scholarship. Arguably still the best feminist book on mothering and motherhood! Of Woman Born is not only a wide-ranging! far-reaching meditation on the meaning and experience of motherhood that draws from the disciplines of anthropology! feminist theory! psychology! and literature! but it also narrates Rich's personal reflections on her experiences of mothering. Andrea O'Reilly gathers feminist scholars from diverse disciplines such as literature! women's studies! law! sociology! anthropology! creative writing! and critical theory and examines how Of Woman Born has informed and influenced the way feminist scholarship "thinks and talks" about motherhood. The contributors explore the many ways in which Rich provides the analytical tools to study and report upon the meaning and experience of motherhood.

Product details

• Authors: O&apos, Andrea O'Reilly, Andrea (EDT) O'Reilly, Andrea (EDT) Reilly
• Assisted by: Andrea O'Reilly Herrera (Editor), Andrea O'Reilly (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.10.2004
• EAN: 9780791462881
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6288-1
• No. of pages: 251
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Literature - Classics / Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist