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Maternal desire
on children, love, and the inner life
By De Marneffe, Daphne
- ISBN
- 978-0-31605-995-4
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown, c2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2004
A clinical psychologist, de Marneffe presents a probing examination of our culture's contradictory and troubled relationship to motherhood. Her premise is that woman's innate desire to mother, which itself can be a fulfilling activity, is at odds with society's workplace values of efficiency, achievement, and control. This conflict between the desire to mother and the desire to perform professionally leads women to confusion and to devalue their mate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
