Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761859152 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 346 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sterk (Ph.D., University of Iowa) heads the Department of Communication at Western Kentucky University. . Helen M. She has served as president of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (OSCLG) and the International Linguistic Association (ILA).Rebecca Bryant Lockridge (Ph.D., Ohio State University) teaches in the Communication and Media Studies
Since written accounts allow us to see ourselves through seeing others, this book matters. (Patty Sotorin, Ph.D., professor at Michigan Technological University, and editor at Women and Language)Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures has variety, solid research, and energetic and creative ideas. Written by scholars who identify as mothers and daughters, the original studies in this multidisciplinary volume offer incisive, thoughtful explorations into the everyday experiences that make mother-daughter communication so significant. It presents a significant introduction to a relationship that always has been important to women. (Mary VanderGoot, Ph.D., licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and author of After Freedom: What Really Matters?)
Family stories of the ties between mothers and daughters form the foundation of Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures. Mothers and Daughters will interest those studying communication, women’s studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, counseling, and cultural studies.. Nationally and internationally known feminist scholars frame, analyze, and explore mother-daughter bonds in this collection of essays. Cultures from around the world are mined for insights which reveal historical, generational, ethnic, political, religious, and social class differences. This book focuses on the tenacity of
Insightful Analyses of an Often-Problematic Relationship Mother-daughter relationships are, as the title of this book suggests, complicated. This book explores this relationship in a sophisticated way worthy of that complication. As I read the book, I found myself being invited to think about my relationship with my. MsDeeMe said Mothers and Daughters. The text and the way it is presented is excellent and interesting. It has the potential for helping the reader understand the mother/daughter relationships in their own lives. Theories, concepts and ideas are explained well.Definitely a text that I will keep l