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  • Making Sense of Motherhoodby Tina Miller

    Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00

    This 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$ 57.95

    Sharpe 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$ 59.95

    Discusses 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...

  • Good Enough Mothering?by Elizabeth Bortolaia Silva

    Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95

    An engaging collection of accounts of historial patterns of mothering and ideologies of the family. Includes cross-national comparisons of policies and experience of lone motherhood in developed and developing countries. more...

  • Fathers and Sons in Athensby Barry Strauss

    Routledge 1993; US$ 130.00

    The 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$ 55.95

    With 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$ 31.95

    Shows 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$ 39.95

    For 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$ 55.95

    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. more...