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The reproduction of mothering : psychoanalysis and the sociology of gender / Nancy J. Chodorow.

By: Chodorow, Nancy, 1944-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: 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: 306.8743
Contents:
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 --
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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)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Nancy J. Chodorow is a psychoanalyst in private practice and a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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