Between Women and Generations : Legacies of Dignity

by Drucilla Cornell

• ISBN13: 9780312294304
• ISBN10: 0312294301
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-05-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

>efore Drucilla Cornells mother died, she asked her daughter to write a book that would bear witness to the dignity of her death [and one that] her bridge class would be able to understand. Shortly thereafter, Cornells mother, who had a degenerative disease, decided to end her life by ingesting a lethal cocktail of drugs. Forceful, honest, and unsentimental, this is the book that Cornell promised to write. ornell uses her personal life as a springboard to talk about contemporary issues concerning women today. For instance, she discusses the sometimes difficult nature of intergenerational relationships between women by writing candidly about her relationship with her own mother. Cornell also writes of her decision to adopt a nonwestern child and of her commitment to UNITY, a cooperative of house cleaners in Long Island, New York. Woven together, these stories create a powerful picture of the meaning of dignity between women.

Author Biography

Drucilla Cornell is Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Rutgers University. The author of numerous books on philosophy and women's issues, Cornell lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xvii
The Inheritance of Dreams	1	(26)
Darings of the Feminine	27	(44)
The Art of Witnessing and the Community of the Ought to Be	71	(24)
Cooperation for Dignified Labor: Moving toward Unity	95	(26)
Stories of Unity	121	(32)
Abiding by Last Rites	153	(14)
Appendices	167	(26)
Notes	193	(40)
Bibliography	233	(8)
Index	241