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Article: Troubling Maternity: Mothering, Agency, and Ethics in Women's Writing in German of the 1970s and 1980s.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2006
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Troubling Maternity: Mothering, Agency, and Ethics in Women's Writing in German of the 1970s and 1980s. By J. (MHRA Texts and Dissertations Series, 58; Bithell Series of Dissertations, 26) Leeds: Maney. 2003. xii+198 pp. 35 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1-904360-10-0.
Emily Jeremiah's topical study coincides with a wave of new publications focusing on mothers and motherhood in fiction, biography, and criticism appearing in the media and on the book market in Germany. Troubled motherhood drew particular attention at the beginning of the new millennium. In June 2001 Der Spiegel devoted a title story to the topic 'Der neue Mutterstolz: Kinder statt Karriere', and the ...