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Motherloss by Davidman, Lynn, 1955- is a relationships available to read on EtoBox.
What is Motherloss about?
Lynn Davidman's pathbreaking study analyzes the immediate and continuing impact of a mother's premature death on the children she leaves behind. Drawing on interviews with sixty adults from a variety of class backgrounds, Davidman argues that the experience of motherloss is shaped by our social conceptions of women's roles in the family and in society. Speaking candidly, often with great emotion and insight, Davidman's interviewees were glad for the opportunity to break cultural taboos and silen
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- Author
- Davidman, Lynn, 1955-
- Publisher
- Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520232006
- Category
- relationships
- Subjects
- Family & Relationships, Sociology, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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