Look back in anger
Subtitle: mother-daughter and father-daughter relationships in women's autobiographical writings of the 1970s and 1980s
By: Norgard Klages.
Series: Studies in modern German literature ;; vol. 71
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: German prose literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; German prose literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Feminism and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.; Mothers and daughters in literature.; Fathers and daughters in literature.; Autobiography -- Women authors.
Description: Using a feminist psychoanalytical approach (including Nancy Chodorow and Jessica Benjamin's theories on child development), this work investigates the nature of mother-child and father-child relationships in autobiographical writings of the last two decades. It also investigates how family structures are influenced by the impact of the Holocaust and the discourse of mourning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-162) and index.