Bibliograph

Mothers, an essay on love and cruelty, Jacqueline Rose

Type

Label

Mothers, an essay on love and cruelty, Jacqueline Rose

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mothers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1032636530

Responsibility statement

Jacqueline Rose

Sub title

an essay on love and cruelty

Summary

An essay about culture and feminism argues that human culture simultaneously romaticizes and vilifies mothers, making them into a scapegoat for all failings

Table Of Contents

1. Social punishment -- Now -- Then -- 2. Psychic blindness -- Loving -- Hating -- 3. The agony and the ecstasy -- Elena Ferrante -- Inside-out -- Coda

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