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Making Sense of Motherhoodby Tina Miller
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00This book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. It charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated. more...
Fathers and Daughtersby Sue Sharpe
Routledge 1994; US$ 57.95Sharpe explores important factors in the relationships between fathers and daughters. She uses the words and experiences of fathers and daughters to draw out the complexities, conflicts and contradictions of this unique relationship. more...
Absent Fathers?by Jonathan Bradshaw; Carol Stimson; Christine Skinner; Julie Williams
Routledge 1999; US$ 59.95Discusses the social implications of absentee fathers. Provides a text for undergraduates in social policy and should also be important for professionals concerned with family breakdown and child support. more...
Fathers and Sons in Athensby Barry Strauss
Routledge 1993; US$ 130.00The Athenians could not separate politics from the private sphere; indeed father-son conflict was a major public as well as private theme. This book explores the consequences of the powerful influence of familial ideology on politics. more...
Playing With Timeby Jane Mace
Routledge 1998; US$ 55.95With a background of a reported decline in literacy standards, the author investigates the relationship between gender and literacy, revealing how families, and women in particular, feel pressurized to be responsible for their children's literacy. more...
Augusta, Goneby Martha Tod Dudman
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 15.99"I'm not telling you where I am. Don't try to find me." Remember Go Ask Alice? Augusta, Gone is the memoir Alice's mother never wrote. A single parent, Martha Tod Dudman is sure she is giving her two children the perfect life, sheltering them from the wild tumult of her own youth. But when Augusta turns fifteen, things start to happen: first the cigarette, then the blue pipe and the little bag Augusta says is aspirin. Just talking to her is like sticking your hand in the garbage disposal. Martha doesn't know if she's confronting adolescent behavior, craziness, her own failures as a parent -- or all three. Augusta, Gone is the story of a girl who is doing everything to hurt herself and a mother who would try anything to save her.... more...
New Don't Blame Motherby Paula Caplan
Routledge 2000; US$ 31.95Shows us that dangerous myths about mothers pervade our culture and have created or aggravated many of the problems between mothers and daughters. more...
Mothers and Sonsby Andrea O'Reilly
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95For all with an interest in family issues, gender issues, or a new perspective on mothering, this book is a must read. more...
Mothering the Selfby Stephanie Lawler
Routledge 2000; US$ 55.95A 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. more...
Daughtering and Motheringby J. van Mens-Verhulst; K. M. G. Schreurs; L. Woerton
Routledge 1993; US$ 39.95Challenging accepted psychoanalytic views, this book focusses on daughtering as an active process to explore previously unexamined aspects of this central and fundamental relationship. more...