Birth Passages

Birth Passages Maternity and Nostalgia, Antiquity to Shakespeare

Hardback (29 Sep 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Birth Passages, the author suggests an alternative to the common characterisations of the maternal as a force inspiring both desire and dread, a force that must be repressed if subjectivity and culture are to be established.

Book information

ISBN: 9780801438936
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Imprint: Cornell University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 809.933520431
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 266
Weight: 570g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 24mm