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Book SynopsisNationally and internationally known feminist scholars frame, analyze, and explore mother-daughter bonds in this collection of essays. Cultures from around the world are mined for insights which reveal historical, generational, ethnic, political, religious, and social class differences.
Trade ReviewWritten by scholars who identify as mothers and daughters, the original studies in this multidisciplinary volume offer incisive, thoughtful explorations into the everyday experiences that make mother-daughter communication so significant. -- Patty Sotorin, Ph.D., professor at Michigan Technological University, and editor at
Women and LanguageMothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures has variety, solid research, and energetic and creative ideas. It presents a significant introduction to a relationship that always has been important to women. Since written accounts allow us to see ourselves through seeing others, this book matters. -- Mary VanderGoot, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and author of
After Freedom: What Really Matters?Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Brinlee Kramer with Cheris Kramarae and Jana Kramer Introduction Helen M. Sterk and Alice H. Deakins SECTION I: THE TENACITY OF CONNECTION Chapter One: Birthing: Daughters’ Transitions to Motherhood Helen M. Sterk and Rita L. Feikema Chapter Two: Reconnections for Life Enhancement: Daughters After Mother Loss Deborah A. O’Neil and Susan Schick Case Chapter Three: Embodying Resistance, Enforcing Obedience: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Recent Indo-Anglian Fiction Rajender Kaur Chapter Four: Mothers and Daughters: Glimpses Through Time Alice H. Deakins SECTION II: IMPEDIMENTS TO CONNECTION Chapter Five: Two of Me: Mothers and Daughters in Connection Michelle Miller-Day Chapter Six: Mother Care/Daughter Care: The Bridge That Is My Back Rebecca Bryant Lockridge and Sarah Lockridge Chapter Seven: The 80hoo Generation: Rethinking Their Mother-Daughter Relationships During Childhood in China Xue Yongling with Mei Zhong Chapter Eight: Voices from the Andes: Jaqi Mothers and Daughters M. J. Hardman and Shumaya Martha Bautista Hardman SECTION III: CREATING AND MAINTAINING CONNECTIONS Chapter Nine: On the Transition from Childhood to Womanhood: Constructing Coming of Age Rituals in U.S. American Culture Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch, Alyssa C. Ballard-Reisch, and Jackie Silviera-Sater Chapter Ten: “Pecked to Death by Ducks”: Managing Dialectal Tensions in the Mother-Adolescent Daughter Relationship Barbara Penington Chapter Eleven: Negotiation of Attachment/Separation Tension in Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters Who Are Pursuing Careers in Academia Marjorie A. Jaasma, Frances Jeffries, and Keith Nainby Chapter Twelve: An Untold Story: Mothers’ and Daughters’ Connections through Food Miriam Meyers Chapter Thirteen: Constructing the Grandmother-Granddaughter Relationship through Communication: A Review of the Relevant Literature Lynn H. Turner SECTION IV: MOTHER-DAUGHTER CONNECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD Chapter Fourteen: Mothers and Daughters in the Global Village Alice H. Deakins Works Cited Author Biographies Index
