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Knowing Mothers [electronic resource] : Researching Maternal Identity Change / by W. Hollway.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the PsychosocialPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Edition: 1st ed. 2015Description: XIII, 216 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137481238
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 155.33 23
Online resources: In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity.
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How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time? Throughout in depth case examples, Wendy Hollway demonstrates how a different research methodology, underpinned by a psychoanalytically informed epistemology, can transform our understanding of the early foundations of maternal identity.