Motherhood Reconceived

Feminism and the Legacies of the Sixties

Author: Lauri Umansky
ISBN: 9780814785621

From the early days of second-wave feminism, motherhood and the quest for women's liberation have been inextricably linked. And yet motherhood has at times been viewed, by anti-feminists and select feminists alike, as somehow at odds with feminism. In reality, feminists have long treated motherhood as an organizing metaphor for women's needs and advancement. The mother has been regarded with suspicion at times, deified at others, but never ignored.The first book devoted to this complex relationship, Motherhood Reconceived examines in depth how the realities of motherhood have influenced feminist thought. Bringing to life the work of a variety of feminist writers and theorists, among them Jane Alpert, Mary Daly, Susan Griffin, Adrienne Rich, and Dorothy Dinnerstein, Umansky situates feminist discourses of motherhood within the social and political contexts of the 1960s. Charting an increasingly favorable view of motherhood among feminists from the late 1960s through the 1980s, Umansky r

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 1996-08-01

Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood, Health & Fitness / Sexuality, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Gender Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Parenting)