Title: Narratives of mothering : women's writing in contemporary France /
Authors: Rye, Gill, 1948-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: French literature Women authors History and criticism; French literature History and criticism; French literature History and criticism.; Motherhood in literature.
Contents: pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Narratives of mothering -- 2. Mothering in context -- pt. II. Mothering : loss, trauma, separation -- 3. Narratives of death : mothering and losing a child -- 4. Narratives of birth : voicing trauma -- 5. Narratives of separation : mothering daughters -- pt. III. New stories of mothering -- 6. Narratives of mothering alone : mothering and ambivalence -- 7. Narratives of lesbian mothering : planning for a child -- 8. Narratives of mothering without guilt.