Mothering the Self

by Lawler,Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780415170840
• ISBN10: 0415170842
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-10-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book examines the mother-daughter relationship, with a focus on the responsibility of mothers for "mothering the self" of their children. The result is a fresh start from which to consider 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.

Author Biography

Steph Lawler is a Lecturer in sociology at the University of Durham.

Table of Contents

Series editors' preface	viii
Acknowledgements	x
Introduction: mothering the self	1	(18)
Being and knowing: the social relations of truth	19	(15)
Guaranteeing the social order: good-enough daughters, good-enough mothers	34	(22)
(Re)producing the self	56	(20)
Girls growing up: regulation and autonomy	76	(24)
Daughterly stories: matrophobia, class and the self	100	(24)
Maternal stories, maternal selves	124	(25)
Children's needs and mothers' desires	149	(19)
Telling other stories: refiguring motherhood and daughterhood	168	(5)
Appendix I: the women and the research	173	(4)
Appendix II: the interviews	177	(18)
Notes	195	(15)
Bibliography	210	(14)
Index	224