Knowing Mothers [electronic resource] : Researching Maternal Identity Change /
Hollway, W.author.
How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: A Psycho-Social Research Project Example: Introducing Principles, Methods and Practices; 1 Knowing Mothers, Researching Becoming; 2 Empirical Psycho-Social Research: Design and Psychoanalytically Informed Principles; 3 The Reality of Being a Young Mother: Agency, Imagination and Objectivity; Part II: Three Psycho-Social Perspectives on Knowing and Becoming: Psychoanalytically Informed Theorising in Mothers' and Researchers 'Knowing
4 Weird Beyond Words: The Transgressive Corporeality of Pregnancy and Compassion-Based Ethics5 How Does Zelda Know and How Is Zelda Known? Psychoanalytically Informed Data Analysis; 6 Scenic Writing and Scenic Understanding; Part III: Analysing the Politics of the Maternal Psycho-Socially; 7 'I'm Not the Mother Type': Gender Identity Upheaval; 8 Theorising Maternal Becoming Psycho-Socially; In Conclusion; 9 Unfinished Business; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity.
Sex (Psychology).
Gender expression.
Families.
Families-Social aspects.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Sociology.
Self.
Identity (Psychology).
Gender Studies.
Family.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Gender Studies.
Self and Identity.