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Is It Really Mommie Dearest? - Daughter-Mother Narratives in Young Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
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Is It Really Mommie Dearest? - Daughter-Mother Narratives in Young Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
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In this study, feminist theories and insights from new discourses
on female adolescence are employed in analyzing the discourses and
cultural scripts used in telling stories about the relationship
between teenage daughters and mothers in young adult novels and in
short stories. The stories examined in this book were marketed for
young adults and published between 1965 and 1998. Included are
daughter-mother narratives, African-American young adult novels,
and narratives set in other cultural contexts. The daughter-mother
narratives are examined in relation to Freudian and feminist
theories of female adolescent development and in relation to
feminist theories pertinent to the mother-daughter relationship,
including black feminist criticism. Topics include the fairy tale
daughter-mother narrative in re-tellings of Rapunzel and Snow White
and generational stories of daughters and mothers. Also discussed
are the range of issues raised in daughter-mother narratives that
are highly significant to the lives of today's daughters: debates
about the responsibilities of mothering, choices made between
career and raising families, abortion rights versus the right to
life, and topics relating to sexuality, gender, and body image. The
implications of this study for those who work with young people and
their literature are also discussed.
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