| Description |
xv, 170 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Janneke van Mens-Verhulst -- 1. Daughtering: The development of female subjectivity / Karlein Schreurs -- 2. A body of one's own: Sexual development and the female body in the mother-daughter relationship / Karin Flaake -- 3. Questing daughters: Little Red Riding Hood, Antigone and the Oedipus complex / Nina Lykke -- 4. Becoming a situated daughter: 'Later, when I am big, I will be Daddy, so then we will also have a father in our house' - Hannah, four years old / Ruth de Kanter -- 5. Teenage daughters on their mothers / Mieke de Waal -- 6. Whatever happened to gender? Female subjectivity and change in a generational context / Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen and Monica Rudberg -- 7. Mothering in context: Female subjectivities and intervening practices / Liesbeth Woertman -- 8. Maternal and phallic power: Fantasy and symbol / Janet Sayers -- 9. Feminine subjectivity, countertransference and the mother-daughter relationship / Susie Orbach and Luise Eichenbaum |
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10. Revealing cultural myths on motherhood / Halldis Leira and Madelien Krips -- 11. Mother-daughter, the 'black continent': Is a multi-cultural future possible? / Martine Groen -- 12. Daughtering and mothering: Female subjectivity rethought and reevalued / Janneke van Mens-Verhulst -- 13. The mother-daughter relationship: Themes in psychotherapy / Janet Surrey -- 14. Reframing daughtering and mothering: A paradigm shift in psychology / Carol Gilligan and Annie Rogers -- 15. The relational self: A model of women's development / Judith Jordan -- 16. Mothers and daughters revisited / Jane Flax -- 17. Beyond daughtering and mothering / Janneke van Mens-Verhulst |
| Summary |
Sisterhood used to be the most powerful metaphor for relationships between women. Now there is a new interest in the mother-daughter relationship, which in all its complexity often acts as a better symbol of the diversity and difference inherent in women's relations in general. However, while recent theorizing has focused on the role of mothers and mothering, far less attention has been given to the active role taken by women as daughters. With this focus on daughtering, the book offers new conceptualizations to extend the normal boundaries of psychoanalytical theory. Daughtering and Mothering develops its discussion from viewpoints in psychoanalysis and psychology, as well as cultural anthropology. The contributors take up three main themes, firstly on the sexual dimension of female subjectivity, challenging the notion that the father is necessarily the first sexual object. They also discuss contextual issues, examining women's roles in therapy, management and education, and in external relations in general. Finally they argue that the concept of 'good-enough-mothering' is an idealized version of the mother-daughter relationship, and one which can only enhance existing patterns of dominance by class, race or culture. Challenging many ideas on motherhood and sexuality, this book will be of great interest to-Gender and Women's Studies Departments and all psychologists and analysts interested in gender issues in their work |
| Analysis |
Daughters Interpersonal relationships With Mothers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology)
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Mothers and daughters -- Psychology.
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Mothers and daughters.
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| Author |
Mens-Verhulst, Janneke van.
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Schreurs, Karlein.
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Woertman, Liesbeth, 1954-
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| LC no. |
93014821 |
| ISBN |
0415086493 (hbk.) |
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0415086507 (paperback) |
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