The Mother/Daughter Plot: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, Feminism

by Marianne Hirsch

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Mothers and daughters--the female figures neglected by classic psychoanalysis and submerged in traditional narrative--are at the center of this book. The novels of nineteenth- and twentieth-century women writers from the Western European and North American traditions reveal that the story of motherhood remains the unspeakable plot of Western culture. Focusing on the feminine and, more controversially, on the maternal, this book alters our perception...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0253205328

ISBN13:9780253205322

Release Date:October 1989

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Women Writers Women's Studies

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