| Description |
xxxv, 322 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Anger and tenderness -- 2. The 'sacred calling' -- 3. The Kingdom of the Fathers -- 4. The primacy of the mother -- 5. The domestication of motherhood -- 6. Hands of flesh, hands of iron -- 7. Alienated labor -- 8. Mother and son, woman and man -- 9. Motherhood and daughterhood -- 10. Violence: the heart of maternal darkness |
| Summary |
"Adrienne Rich's influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own -- as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother -- but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of universal importance." -- Publisher's website |
| Notes |
"Norton paperback edition published 1986; reissued 1995." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-304) and index |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Mother and child.
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Motherhood.
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Mothers.
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| ISBN |
0393312844 (paperback) |
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