208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The concept of motherhood emerges strongly in the writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Violette Leduc and Annie Ernaux, whose work is examined here in the light of current debates about women's reproductive function and the longstanding glorification of the mere au foyer in France, driven by fear of a falling population. In this interdisciplinary study of twentieth-century French women's writing, Fell... Read more
1: Writing Motherhood; 2: Theorizing Motherhood; 3: Historicizing Motherhood; 4: Simone de Beauvoir; 5: Violette Leduc; 6: Annie Ernaux; Conclusion
Biography
Alison Fell
