In this book, Alison Stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. Stone argues that in the West the self has often been understood in opposition

An adequate analysis of experiences and situations specific to women, especially mothering, requires consideration of women's difference. A focus on women's dif

A feminist classic and a valuable testimonial to the experience of mothering. Originally published in 1976 but still relevant today, this is a fierce, often fun

"... a vitally new understanding that takes us from the terms of the representation of sexual difference to an anatomy of female subjectivity which will be wide

Drawing on contemporary philosophies of feminist ethics as well as psychoanalytic theorists, this book addresses a gap in theoretical work on contemporary mothe