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Author Lawler, Steph, 1958-

Title Mothering the self : mothers, daughters, subjects / Steph Lawler.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Transformations
Transformations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-223) and index.
Contents Being and knowing : the social relations of truth -- Guaranteeing the social order : good-enough daughters, good-enough mothers -- (Re)producing the self -- Girls growing up : regulation and autonomy -- Daughterly stories : matrophobia, class and the self -- Maternal stories, maternal selves -- Children's needs and mothers' desires -- Telling other stories : refiguring motherhood and daughterhood.
Summary A fresh start from which to consider the far-reaching implications of this relationship. Draws on in-depth interviews with women who speak both as mothers and as daughters.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Mothers and daughters.
Mothers and daughters.
Women -- Interviews.
Women -- Interviews.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Interviews.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Genre/Form Interviews.
Other Form: Print version: Lawler, Steph, 1958- Mothering the self. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 0415170834 (DLC) 00024898
ISBN 0203171063 (electronic book)
9780203171066 (electronic book)
0203131398 (electronic book)
9780203131398 (electronic book)
0415170834 (Cloth)
0415170842 (Paper)