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Birth Passages

Theresa M. Krier

In Birth Passages, the author suggests an alternative to the common characterisations of the maternal as a force inspiring both desire and dread, a force that must be repressed if subjectivity and culture are to be established.

GenresMothers in literatureMotherhood in literature

266 pages

English edition · First published 2001 by Cornell University Press · ISBN 9780801438936

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