What do mothers want? : developmental perspectives, clinical challenges / edited by Sheila Feig Brown.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Brown, Sheila Feig.

Conference Name:

Gloria Friedman Memorial Conference (2nd : 2004? : William Alanson White Institute)

Series:

Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 2.

Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood--Psychological aspects--Congresses.

Motherhood.

Mothers--Psychology--Congresses.

Mothers.

Marginality, Social--Congresses.

Marginality, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hillsdale, N.J. : Analytic Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do mothers want and need from their parenting partners, their extended families, their friends, colleagues, and communities? And what can mental health professionals do to help them meet their daunting responsibilities in the contemporary world? The talented contributors to What Do Mothers Want? address these questions from perspectives that encompass differences in marital status, parental status, gender, and sexual orientation. Traversing the biological, psychological, cultural, and economic dimensions of mothering, they provide a compelling brief on the perplexing choices c

Contents:

pt. 1. What mothers want and need

pt. 2. Women's bodies : choices and dilemmas

pt. 3. Pulling it all together.

Notes:

"Originally panel presentations or workshops at the second Gloria Friedman Memorial Conference of the William Alanson White Society"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-91217-X

0-203-78060-4

1-134-91210-2

9780203780602

OCLC:

844939452