Knowing Mothers Researching Maternal Identity Change
Description
How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity.
Keywords
Social ScienceGender StudiesSociologyMarriage & FamilyPsychologyPersonalityMovementsPsychoanalysisPhilosophyMind & BodyWomen's Studies
2015Book
Author(s)Wendy Hollway
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137481221
LanguageEnglish
