Mothering the Self

"The mother-daughter relationship has preoccupied feminist writers for decades, but typically the daughter's story has been set centre stage. Mothering the Self brings together maternal and daughterly stories through drawing on in-depth interviews with women who speak both as mothers and as daughters." "This study examines the ways in which mothers and daughters participate in these understandings, both using and resisting them. The result is a fresh start from which to consider the far-reaching implications of this relationship - not simply for mothers and daughters, but in terms of how we understand the shaping of the self and its place within the social world."--BOOK JACKET.