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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170997703321

Titolo

Mothering and ambivalence / / edited by Wendy Hollway and Brid Featherstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-77171-1

1-134-77172-X

1-280-32958-0

0-203-13101-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HollwayWendy

FeatherstoneBrid

Disciplina

306.874/3

Soggetti

Motherhood - Psychological aspects

Mothers - Psychology

Mother and child

Ambivalence

Women and psychoanalysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

Children's rights, lone motherhood and the breakdown of families are all issues at the forefront of current social debate in the West, with little agreement on what constitutes good parenting, or how the needs of both mother and child are best met. The feminist contribution to this debate is particularly important in keeping in view the diverse identities of all those who provide mothering. The psychoanalytic contribution is often undervalued and misunderstood.<BR> <EM>Mothering and Ambivalence</EM> brings together authors from therapeutic, academic and social work backgrounds to discuss depen