Is it really Mommie Dearest? : daughter-mother narratives in young adult fiction / Hilary S. Crew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crew, Hilary S., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.

Young adult fiction, American.

Mothers and daughters in literature.

Domestic fiction, American--History and criticism.

Domestic fiction, American.

Teenage girls in literature.

Motherhood in literature.

Young adult literature, American--History and criticism.

Local Subjects:

Young adult literature, American--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

x, 285 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Summary:

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 marketed for young adults and published between 1965 and 1998. Included are 100 novels and additional short stories which include African American daughter mother fiction and narratives set in novels in other cultural contexts.

Contents:

Introduction: The Daughter-Mother Relationship in Adolescence 1

1 Listening to the Voices of Daughters and Mothers 13

2 The Daughter-Mother Narrative in Fairy Tale and Young Adult Novels 31

3 Flight, Boundaries, and Mirrors: The Imagery and Language of Adolescent Psychology 55

4 Daughters, Mothers, and Freudian Romances 77

5 It's Normal to Fight: The Voices of Daughters and Mothers in Conflict 99

6 Loving and Needing Mother 123

7 Stories about Mothers and Lessons for Daughters 147

8 Grandmother Daughter-Mother Narratives 169

9 Making Connections Across Differences: Cross-Cultural Narratives 191

10 African American Daughter-Mother Narratives 215

11 Celebrating Daughters and Mothers 239

Young Adult Novels 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275) and index.

ISBN:

0810836920

OCLC:

42475690