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Motherhood: Power and Oppression

Motherhood: Power and Oppression
Author: Andrea O'Reilly, Marie Porter, Patricia Short
Price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0889615578
ISBN-13: 9780889615571
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In feminism, the institution of mothering/motherhood has been a highly contested area in how it relates to the oppression of women. As Adrienne Rich articulated in her classic 1976 book Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, although motherhood as an institution is a male-defined site of oppression, women's own experiences of mothering can nonetheless be a source of power. This volume examines four locations wherin motherhood is simultaneously experienced as a site of oppression and of power: embodiment, representation, practice, and separation.

Motherhood: Power and Oppression includes psychological, historical, sociological, literary, and cultural approaches to inquiry and a wide range of disciplinary perspectives — qualitative, quantitative, corporeal, legal, religious, fictional, mythological, dramatic and action research. 

This rich collection not only covers a wide range of subject matter but also illustrates ways of doing feminist research and practice.