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Book SynopsisWhen this text was published two decades ago, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The text was recently chosen by "Contemporary Sociology" as one of the ten most influential books of the 25 years between 1974 and 1999.
Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the Original Edition PART I: SETTING THE PROBLEM: MOTHERING AND THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF GENDER 1. Introduction 2. Why Women Mother 3. Psychoanalysis and Sociological Inquiry PART II: THE PSYCHOANALYTIC STORY 4. Early Psychological Development 5. The Relation to the Mother and the Mothering Relation 6. Gender Differences in the Preoedipal Period 7. Object-Relations and the Female Oedipal Configuration 8. Oedipal Resolution and Adolescent Replay 9. Freud: Ideology and Evidence 10. Conclusions on Post-Oedipal Gender Personality PART III: GENDER PERSONALITY AND THE REPRODUCTION OF MOTHERING 11. The Sexual Sociology of Adult Life 12. The Psychodynamics of the Family AFTERWORD: WOMEN'S MOTHERING AND WOMEN'S LIBERATION NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
