Mothering the Self

<p>The mother-daughter relationship has preoccupied feminist writers for decades but typically it has been the daughter's story at centre-stage. <em>Mothering the Self</em> brings together these maternal and daughterly stories by drawing on in-depth interviews with women who speak both as mothers and as daughters. </p><p>This study examines the ways in which these mothers and daughters participate in their understanding of class gender and race locations both using and resisting them. The result is a fresh start from which to consider the far-reaching implications of this relationship - not simply for mothers and daughters but in terms of how we understand the shaping of the self and its place within the social world.</p>