Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 285 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

1. Mothers and daughters in literature
2. Teenage girls in literature
3. Motherhood in literature
4. Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism
5. Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism

Contents

1. 1. Listening to the voices of daughters and mothers -- 2. The daughter-mother narrative in fairy tale and young adult novels -- 3. Flight, boundaries, and mirrors: the imagery and language of adolescent psychology -- 4. Daughters, mothers, and Freudian romances -- 5. It's normal to fight: the voices of daughters and mothers -- 6. Loving and needing mother -- 7. Stories about mothers and lessons for daughters -- 8. Grandmother daughter-mother narratives -- 9. Making connections across differences: cross-cultural narratives -- 10. African American daughter-mother narratives -- 11. Celebrating daughters and mother.

Call number

1. Sc D 00-582

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

Author

1. Crew, Hilary S., 1942-

Title

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

Imprint

1. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-275) and index.

LCCN

1. 99048315

ISBN

1. 0810836920 (cloth : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc D 00-582