Nancy Chodorow and The Reproduction of Mothering

This book analyzes Nancy Chodorow's canonical book The Reproduction of Mothering, bringing together an original essay from Nancy Chodorow and a host of outstanding international scholars-including Rosemary Balsam, Adrienne Harris, Elizabeth Abel, Madelon Sprengnether, Ilene Philipson, Meg Jay, Daphne de Marneffe, Alison Stone and Petra Bueskens-in a mix of memoir, festschrift, reflection, critical analysis and new directions in Chodorowian scholarship. Hailed as a classic at the time, and retaining its place thereafter, The Reproduction of Mothering was voted one of the top 10 books in sociology by the journal Contemporary Sociology in 1999. In the 40 years since its publication, The Reproduction of Mothering has had a profound impact on scholarship across many disciplines including sociology, psychoanalysis, psychology, ethics, literary criticism and women's and gender studies. Organized as a "reproduction of mothering scholarship", this volume adopts a generationally differentiated structure weaving personal, political and scholarly essays. This book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities. It will bring Nancy Chodorow and her canonical work to a new generation showcasing classic and contemporary Chodorowian scholarship.

Auteur

Petra Bueskens is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia and a psychotherapist in private practice.

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This book analyzes Nancy Chodorow's canonical book The Reproduction of Mothering, bringing together an original essay from Nancy Chodorow and a host of outstanding international scholarsincluding Rosemary Balsam, Adrienne Harris, Elizabeth Abel, Madelon Sprengnether, Ilene Philipson, Meg Jay, Daphne de Marneffe, Alison Stone and Petra Bueskensin a mix of memoir, festschrift, reflection, critical analysis and new directions in Chodorowian scholarship. Hailed as a classic at the time, and retaining its place thereafter, The Reproduction of Mothering was voted one of the top 10 books in sociology by the journal Contemporary Sociology *in 1999. In the 40 years since its publication, *The Reproduction of Mothering has had a profound impact on scholarship across many disciplines including sociology, psychoanalysis, psychology, ethics, literary criticism and women's and gender studies. Organized as a reproduction of mothering scholarship, this volume adopts a generationally differentiated structure weaving personal, political and scholarly essays. This book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities. It will bring Nancy Chodorow and her canonical work to a new generation showcasing classic and contemporary Chodorowian scholarship.

Résumé

This book analyzes Nancy Chodorow's canonical book The Reproduction of Mothering, bringing together an original essay from Nancy Chodorow and a host of outstanding international scholarsincluding Rosemary Balsam, Adrienne Harris, Elizabeth Abel, Madelon Sprengnether, Ilene Philipson, Meg Jay, Daphne de Marneffe, Alison Stone and Petra Bueskensin a mix of memoir, festschrift, reflection, critical analysis and new directions in Chodorowian scholarship. In the 40 years since its publication, The Reproduction of Mothering has had a profound impact on scholarship across many disciplines including sociology, psychoanalysis, psychology, ethics, literary criticism and women's and gender studies. Organized as a reproduction of mothering scholarship, this volume adopts a generationally differentiated structure weaving personal, political and scholarly essays.

This book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities. It will bring Nancy Chodorow and her canonical work to a new generation showcasing classic and contemporary Chodorowian scholarship.

Contenu

1. Introduction: The Reproduction of Mothering Turns Forty

Petra Bueskens

PART I Mothers

2. Women Mother Daughters: The Reproduction of Mothering after Forty Years

Nancy J Chodorow

3. The Reproduction of Mothering: Forty Years On

Adrienne E Harris

4. Reminiscing and Reflecting on Nancy Chodorow's The Reproduction of Mothering Rosemary H. Balsam

5. Thinking Back through our Mothers: Virginia Woolf, Nancy Chodorow, and Me

Elizabeth Abel

6. The Impact of Nancy Chodorow's The Reproduction of Mothering and its Implications for the Future Madelon Sprengnether &nbs...