Ireland, Mardy S. Reconceiving women : : separating motherhood from female identity / [electronic resource] / Mardy S. Ireland.. — New York : : Guilford Press,, 1993.. — xii, 195 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-187) and index.

Childless in the 1990s: The "other" woman and why now? -- The traditional woman: Childless -- The transitional woman: Child-free and childless -- The transformative woman: Child-free -- The development of female identity: facts or fictions? -- Weaving an alternative understanding -- The gendered view of identity: Limitations and possibilities -- Women but not mothers.



ISBN: 0898621232 (acid-free paper) 9780898621235 (acid-free paper) 0898620163 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780898620160 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 92045776

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 9433886 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Childlessness--Social aspects--United States.
Childlessness--Psychological aspects.
Women--Psychology.
Birth control--United States.
Family Planning Services--United States.
Infertility, Female--psychology--United States.
Social Conditions--United States.
Women--psychology--United States.
Kinderloosheid.
Vrouwen.
Psychologische aspecten.
Stérilité volontaire--Aspect social--États-Unis.
Stérilité volontaire--Aspect psychologique.
Femmes--Psychologie.
Régulation des naissances--États-Unis.
Frau
Kinderlosigkeit

LC Class. No.: HQ755.8 / .I74 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 305.48/904

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 1994 E-800 HQ 763.6.U6 / I66r 1993