Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century

A Literary Anthology

Heather Ingman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

1999
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
9780748611751 (ISBN)

Infos

This anthology of women's writing on the mother-daughter relationship covers the whole of the twentieth century and includes writing from many different cultures - black American, Jewish, West Indian, Irish, Chinese-American. The anthology has headnotes giving brief biographical details for each author plus suggestions for further reading. There is a substantial introduction tracking the evolution of the mother-daughter relationship in the twentieth century, setting it in the context of developments in psychoanalytical and feminist theory.* Covers fiction, non-fiction and poetry from different cultures and different decades* Substantial introduction tracing the evolution of the mother-daugher relationship in the 20th century* Headnotes place the extracts in their historical and cultural context* Overview of feminist and psychoanalytical theory relating to the mother-daughter relationship

Autor

Heather Ingman is currently Lecturer in English at the University of Hull where she specialises in Women's Studies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.1999
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 425 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-13: 9780748611751 / 9780748611751
• Zustand: Neuware