{"product_id":"mothers-and-daughters-complicated-connections-across-cultures-9780761859154","title":"Mothers and Daughters Complicated Connections","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNationally 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten 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 \u003ci\u003eWomen and Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMothers 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 \u003ci\u003eAfter Freedom: What Really Matters?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\t Foreword Brinlee Kramer with Cheris Kramarae and Jana Kramer Introduction\t 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\t Deborah A. O’Neil and Susan Schick Case Chapter Three: Embodying Resistance, Enforcing Obedience: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Recent Indo-Anglian Fiction\t Rajender Kaur Chapter Four: Mothers and Daughters: Glimpses Through Time\t Alice H. Deakins  SECTION II: IMPEDIMENTS TO CONNECTION  Chapter Five: Two of Me: Mothers and Daughters in Connection\t Michelle Miller-Day Chapter Six: Mother Care\/Daughter Care: The Bridge That Is My Back\t Rebecca Bryant Lockridge and Sarah Lockridge Chapter Seven: The 80hoo Generation: Rethinking Their Mother-Daughter    Relationships During Childhood in China\t Xue Yongling with Mei Zhong Chapter Eight: Voices from the Andes: Jaqi Mothers and Daughters\t 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\t 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\t 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","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037871964503,"sku":"9780761859154","price":79.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761859154.jpg?v=1750937940","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mothers-and-daughters-complicated-connections-across-cultures-9780761859154","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}