| The Mother Mirror: Self-Representation and the Mother-Daughter Relation in Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and Marguerite Duras Contributor(s): Alvarez-Detrell, Tamara (Editor), Paulson, Michael G. (Editor), Corbin, Laurie L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820455954 ISBN-13: 9780820455952 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $51.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 169 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Mother Mirror, Laurie Corbin studies the mother-daughter relationships portrayed in autobiographical works by Colette, Simone de Beauvoir, and Marguerite Duras. Psychoanalytic theory, in particular the work of Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva, is used to show how women's self-representations can be determined by the ways in which they see their mothers. Corbin's feminist theoretical framework illuminates both the psychological and the social contexts of these autobiographical works, showing that even the most intimate relationships are shaped by social structures and that social reality is dependent on the workings of the psyche. |
