Without child : challenging the stigma of childlessness / Laurie Lisle.
Without child : challenging the stigma of childlessness / Laurie Lisle.
Without child : challenging the stigma of childlessness / Laurie Lisle.
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Publisher
New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N649.1/132
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 273 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Finding the Words, Discovering my Way -- 2. Examining the Choice, Why it Arises -- 3. Searching History, Remembering our Maiden Aunts -- 4. Understanding our Mothers, Enlarging Motherhood -- 5. Dreaming about a Child, Loving Childlikeness -- 6. Living with Men, Improvising the Way -- 7. Recognizi...
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Publisher
New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Lisle contends that childless women are part of an ancient and respectable cultural tradition that includes biblical matriarchs, celibate saints, and nineteenth-century social reformers. However, like other aspects of women's history, this tradition has been forgotten and, in the process, maligned. Without Child brings childless women out of obscur...
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Without child : challenging the stigma of childlessness / Laurie Lisle.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-265) and index.
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N649.1/132
Record Identifier
74VM5wvOKdvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5wvOKdvA
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ISBN
0345373278
9780345373274
DDC
649.1
306.87
MMS ID
991003529039702626
