Mothers and Daughters

Complicated Connections Across Cultures

Edited by Alice H. Deakins, Rebecca Bryant Lockridge, Helen M. Sterk

Publication date:

21 June 2012

Length of book:

346 pages

Publisher

UPA

ISBN-13: 9780761859154

Family stories of the ties between mothers and daughters form the foundation of Mothers and Daughters: Complicated Connections Across Cultures. Nationally and internationally known feminist scholars frame, analyze, and explore mother-daughter bonds in this collection of essays. Cultures from around the world are mined for insights which reveal historical, generational, ethnic, political, religious, and social class differences. This book focuses on the tenacity of the connection between mothers and daughters, impediments to a strong connection, and practices of good communication. Mothers and Daughters will interest those studying communication, women’s studies, psychology, sociology, anthropology, counseling, and cultural studies.

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Brinlee Kramer with Cheris Kramarae and Jana Kramer
Introduction
Helen M. Sterk and Alice H. Deakins

SECTION I:
THE TENACITY OF CONNECTION

Chapter One: Birthing: Daughters’ Transitions to Motherhood
Helen M. Sterk and Rita L. Feikema
Chapter Two: Reconnections for Life Enhancement: Daughters After Mother Loss
Deborah A. O’Neil and Susan Schick Case
Chapter Three: Embodying Resistance, Enforcing Obedience: Mother-Daughter Relationships in Recent Indo-Anglian Fiction
Rajender Kaur
Chapter Four: Mothers and Daughters: Glimpses Through Time
Alice H. Deakins

SECTION II:
IMPEDIMENTS TO CONNECTION

Chapter Five: Two of Me: Mothers and Daughters in Connection
Michelle Miller-Day
Chapter Six: Mother Care/Daughter Care: The Bridge That Is My Back
Rebecca Bryant Lockridge and Sarah Lockridge
Chapter Seven: The 80hoo Generation: Rethinking Their Mother-Daughter Relationships During Childhood in China
Xue Yongling with Mei Zhong
Chapter Eight: Voices from the Andes: Jaqi Mothers and Daughters
M. J. Hardman and Shumaya Martha Bautista Hardman

SECTION III:
CREATING AND MAINTAINING CONNECTIONS

Chapter Nine: On the Transition from Childhood to Womanhood: Constructing Coming of Age Rituals in U.S. American Culture
Deborah S. Ballard-Reisch, Alyssa C. Ballard-Reisch, and Jackie Silviera-Sater

Chapter Ten: “Pecked to Death by Ducks”: Managing Dialectal Tensions in the Mother-Adolescent Daughter Relationship
Barbara Penington
Chapter Eleven: Negotiation of Attachment/Separation Tension in Relationships Between Mothers and Daughters Who Are Pursuing Careers in Academia
Marjorie A. Jaasma, Frances Jeffries, and Keith Nainby
Chapter Twelve: An Untold Story: Mothers’ and Daughters’ Connections through Food
Miriam Meyers
Chapter Thirteen: Constructing the Grandmother-Granddaughter Relationship through Communication: A Review of the Relevant Literature
Lynn H. Turner

SECTION IV:
MOTHER-DAUGHTER CONNECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Chapter Fourteen: Mothers and Daughters in the Global Village
Alice H. Deakins

Works Cited
Author Biographies
Index

Written by scholars who identify as mothers and daughters, the original studies in this multidisciplinary volume offer incisive, thoughtful explorations into the everyday experiences that make mother-daughter communication so significant.