Too long a child : the mother-daughter dyad

Part 1. 1 A century on the couch. 2 The conspiracy of silence. 3 The great goddess creatrix. 4 Persephone absconds. 5 Who mourns Clytaemnestra?. Part 2. 1 And the angel said. 2 Learned saints and battling sinners. 3 Let her have a dictionary. 4 Daughters set pen to paper. 5 Mother ventures into polemics. 6 Rights of women in the open. Part 3. 1 The revolt of the daughters. 2 A daughter goes to war. 3 In and out of the symbiotic net. 4 Genteel furors for the vote. Part 4. 1 When the wind blows the cradle will rock: psychotic interactions between mother and daughter. Part 5. 1 Turbulent times: a window on ambivalence. 2 The emergence of guilt. 3 A salute to Martha Quest. 4 We are wary of the goddess

'...traces the struggles of mothers and daughters to free themselves from each other--to recognize each other as separate. Where they succeed, their relationship can be the source of enduring strength; when they fail, it can lead to frustration, madness and even suicide.'

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