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Article: Mothers Are Never Only Mothers.(Review)
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- December 1, 1999
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Redefining Motherhood: Changing identities, patterns. Edited by Sharon Abbey and Andrea 1998. Second Story. Toronto.
The editors of this book have collected 18 articles as chapters plus poetry and study notes in a 339-page,.; attractive book, which grew out of a conference at the center for Feminist Research at York University in 1997. In their joint introduction, the authors refer to Adrienne Rich's challenge in 1976 to feminist scholars to confront their own avoidance of discussions of motherhood. The volume examines a broad range of contributions' to the expanding field of inquiry motivated by maternity. Some chapters are theoretical and complex; others are ...