The reproduction of mothering : psychoanalysis and the sociology of gender / Nancy J. Chodorow.
By: Chodorow, Nancy.
Material type: BookPublisher: Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, 1999Description: xx, 263 p. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0520221559.Subject(s): Mothers | Women -- Psychology | Mother and child | Women and psychoanalysisDDC classification: 306.8743Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.8743 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00075962 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When this best-seller was published, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The Reproduction of Mothering was chosen by Contemporary Sociology as one of the ten most influential books of the past twenty-five years. With a new preface by the author, this updated edition is testament to the formative effect that Nancy Chodorow's work continues to exert on psychoanalysis, social science, and the humanities.
Bibliography: (pages 241-256) and index.
Part I: Setting the problem: mothering and the social organization of gender -- Introduction -- Why women mother -- Psychoanalysis and sociological inquiry -- Part II: The psychoanalytic story -- Early psychological development -- The relation to the mother and the mothering relation -- Gender differences in the preoedipal period -- Object-relations and the female oedipal configuration -- Oedipal resolution and adolescent replay -- Freud: Ideology and evidence -- Conclusions on post-oedipal gender personality -- Part III: Gender personality and the reproduction of mothering -- The sexual sociology of adult life -- The psychodynamics of the family --
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface to the Second Edition (p. vii)
- Preface to the Original Edition (p. xix)
- Part I Setting the Problem: Mothering and the Social Organization of Gender
- 1. Introduction (p. 3)
- 2. Why Women Mother (p. 11)
- The Argument from Nature (p. 13)
- The Role-Training Argument (p. 30)
- 3. Psychoanalysis and Sociological Inquiry (p. 40)
- Considerations on "Evidence" (p. 52)
- Part II The Psychoanalytic Story
- 4. Early Psychological Development (p. 57)
- Total Dependence and the Narcissistic Relation to Reality (p. 58)
- Primary Love (p. 62)
- The Beginnings of Self and the Growth of Object Love (p. 67)
- A Note on Exclusive Mothering (p. 73)
- 5. The Relation to the Mother and the Mothering Relation (p. 77)
- The Effects of Early Mothering (p. 77)
- The Maternal Role (p. 83)
- Conclusions (p. 90)
- 6. Gender Differences in the Preoedipal Period (p. 92)
- Early Psychoanalytic Formulations (p. 93)
- The Discovery of the Preoedipal Mother-Daughter Relationship (p. 95)
- Preoedipal Mother-Daughter Relationships: The Clinical Picture (p. 99)
- Preoedipal Mother-Son Relationships: The Clinical Picture (p. 104)
- Conclusions (p. 108)
- 7. Object-Relations and the Female Oedipal Configuration (p. 111)
- Femininity: Women's Oedipal Goal (p. 111)
- The Relation to the Mother and the Feminine "Change of Object" (p. 114)
- Relational Complexities in the Female Oedipus Situation (p. 125)
- 8. Oedipal Resolution and Adolescent Replay (p. 130)
- The Ongoingness of the Female Oedipus Situation (p. 131)
- Mothers, Daughters, and Adolescence (p. 133)
- 9. Freud: Ideology and Evidence (p. 141)
- Bias in the Freudian Account (p. 141)
- Psychoanalytic Critiques of Freud (p. 148)
- Biological Determinism (p. 154)
- 10. Conclusions on Post-Oedipal Gender Personality (p. 159)
- Family Relations and Oedipal Experience (p. 160)
- Post-Oedipal Gender Personality: A Recapitulation (p. 164)
- Part III Gender Personality and the Reproduction of Mothering
- 11. The Sexual Sociology of Adult Life (p. 173)
- Gender Identification and Gender Role Learning (p. 173)
- Family and Economy (p. 178)
- Mothering, Masculinity, and Capitalism (p. 180)
- 12. The Psychodynamics of the Family (p. 191)
- Oedipal Asymmetries and Heterosexual Knots (p. 191)
- The Cycle Completed: Mothers and Children (p. 199)
- Gender Personality and the Reproduction of Mothering (p. 205)
- Afterword: Women's Mothering and Women's Liberation (p. 211)
- Notes (p. 221)
- Bibliography (p. 241)
- Index (p. 257)