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Narratives of mothering

The first introductory chapter to Gill Rye, 'Narratives of Mothering: Women's Writing in Contemporary France' (Newark DE: University of Delaware Press, 2009). Chapter 1 sets out the rationale for the book, including the broad socio-cultural context and the issues it raises in relation to contemporary mothering in France. It outlines the structure of the book and its methodology, and introduces both the themes covered and the corpus of study. The following thematic chapters explore the phenomenon via case studies of texts published after 1990.

Rye, Gill (2009) Narratives of mothering. In: Narratives of Mothering: Women's Writing in Contemporary France. University of Delaware Press, Newark DE, USA. ISBN 978-1-61149-104-3

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	A post-peer-review, pre-copyedited version of the introductory chapter to Gill Rye, Narratives of Mothering: Women's Writing in Contemporary France (Newark DE: University of Delaware Press, 2009). The book was first published with ISBN 978-0-87413-040-9.
Subjects:	Culture, Language & Literature
Keywords:	mothers, mothering, narratives of mothering, women's writing, loss, birth, child-death, mother-daughter relations, single mothers, lesbian mothers, maternal guilt
Divisions:	Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies > Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies
Collections:	IGRS Staff Papers
Deposited By:	Gill Rye
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2011 16:17
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2011 16:17
ItemID:	3122