Mothers in law : feminist theory and the legal regulation of motherhood /
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, 1995. |
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| Description: | xiii, 398 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender and culture |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1840698 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Mothers, Daughters, and Autobiography: Maternal Legacies and Cultural Criticism / Nancy K. Miller
- 2. Mother from Child: Perspectives on Separation and Abandonment / Carol Sanger
- 3. Abortion as a Sex Equality Right: Its Basis in Feminist Theory / Reva B. Siegel
- 4. The Legal Construction of "Mother" / M. M. Slaughter
- 5. Mother: The Legal Domestication of Lesbian Existence / Ruthann Robson
- 6. Complicating the Ideology of Motherhood: Child Welfare Law and First Nation Women / Marlee Kline
- 7. Postmodernism, Legal Ethics, and Representation of "Bad Mothers" / Marie Ashe
- 8. Fresh or Frozen: Lesbian Mothers, Sperm Donors, and Limited Fathers / Kate Harrison
- 9. Images of Mothers in Poverty Discourse / Martha A. Fineman
- 10. Racism and Patriarchy in the Meaning of Motherhood / Dorothy E. Roberts
- 11. A "Tangle of Pathology": Racial Myth and the New Jersey Family Development Act / Nina Perales
- 12. "Making Sense": Notes for Studying Black Teen Mothers / Barbara Omolade
- 13. Challenging "Hidden" Assumptions: (Women) Lawyers and Family Life / Mary Jane Mossman
- 14. Child Custody and Child Neglect: Parenthood in Legal Practice and Culture / Ann Shalleck
- 15. Older Mothers and Adult Children: Toward an Alternative Construction of Care / Joanna K. Weinberg
- 16. Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy Arrangements, and the Politics of Motherhood / Laura R. Woliver.
