Nancy Chodorow and The Reproduction of Mothering: Forty Years On 3030555895, 9783030555894

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: The Reproduction of Mothering Turns Forty
The Reproduction of Mothering Revisited
The Reproduction of Mothering Contextualised
Second-Wave Feminism and Motherhood
The Maternal Feminist Critique of The Reproduction of Mothering
The Postmodern Critique of The Reproduction of Mothering
Overview of the Chapters
Bibliography
Part I Mothers
2 Women Mother Daughters: The Reproduction of Mothering After Forty Years
References
3 The Reproduction of Mothering: Forty Years on
4 Reminiscing and Reflecting on Nancy Chodorow’s The Reproduction of Mothering
Nancy Chodorow’s Creative Thinking
The Reproduction of Mothering
Chodorow’s Theory
Chodorow’s Self-Reflection
Contemporary Clinical Application
Coda
Bibliography
5 Thinking Back Through Our Mothers: The Legacies of Nancy Chodorow
Maternal Subjects
Orphaned Objects
Works Cited
6 The Impact of Nancy Chodorow’s The Reproduction of Mothering and Its Implications for the Future
References
Part II Daughters
7 The Reproduction of Mothering: A Love Story
The Context
The Reproduction of Mothering
Bibliography
8 Mothering in Life and Therapy: An Appreciation of Chodorow’s Lifelong Contribution
Bibliography
9 Mother Figures: On Becoming the Mother One Wishes One Had
Bibliography
10 The Production of Male Mothering
Reproduction of Mothering
The Production of Men Who Mother
Chodorow’s Enduring Contributions
Bibliography
11 Full Circle with Chodorow: Reflections on Women’s Desire and Lesbian Sexuality
Part One: Early Engagement with Chodorow
Part Two: The Power of a Movement to Transform Sexuality
Part Three: The Broken Link of Unbeing
A Story
Bibliography
Part III Grand Daughters
12 Mother–Daughter Relations and the Maternal in Irigaray and Chodorow
Bibliography
13 Mothers Reproducing the Social: Chodorow and Beyond
Chodorow’s Feminist Object Relations
Reproducing the Social: Intersections Between Psyche and Society
Maternal Subjectivity in Late Modernity
Autonomous Mothers Reproducing the Social
The Transformation of Work Culture
Reproducing Mothers Reproducing the Social
Bibliography
14 Mirroring a Mother’s Love: A Chodorowian Analysis of the Complicated Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies
Women’s Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home—Megan K. Stack
My Hollywood—Mona Simpson
The Perfect Nanny—Leila Slimani
Conclusion
Bibliography
15 The Reproduction of Mothering: Unlocking Italian Women’s Fiction from the Fin-de-siècle Onwards
The Mother-Daughter Bond in the Work of Matilde Serao
Sibilla Aleramo: Reworking the Maternal Story and the Maternal Imaginary
Late Twentieth-Century Takes on the Maternal
Works Cited
Index