Maternal Impressions: Musa Al Sadr and the Shia of Lebanon

by Cristina Mazzoni

In an unusual combination of reflection, autobiography, theory, and criticism, Cristina Mazzoni looks at childbirth and early maternity from the perspective of an academic mother with three young children. Mazzoni draws upon examples ranging from contemporary advice manuals and novels to the work of turn-of-the-century Italian scientists and women writers, as well as fairy tales, religious texts, psychoanalytic accounts, and feminist theory. Throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801440351
• ISBN13: 9780801440359
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"