Knowing Mothers: Researching Maternal Identity Change

by Wendy Hollway

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137481250
• ISBN13: 9781137481252
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"