Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and index.
Anger and tenderness -- "Sacred calling" -- Kingdom of the fathers -- Primacy of the mother -- Domestication of motherhood -- Hands of flesh, hands of iron -- Alienated labor -- Mother and son, woman and man -- Motherhood and daughterhood -- Violence: the heart of maternal darkness.
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The award-winning poet and militant feminist investigates her own experience of motherhood and the institution itself, surveying pertinent concepts, myths, stereotypes, and symbols as they appear in history, literature, and art.