Motherself A Mythic Analysis of Motherhood

Name: Motherself A Mythic Analysis of Motherhood
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ISBN: 9780253204714

ISBN-10: 0253204712

ISBN-13: 9780253204714

Edition: 1988

Authors: Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi, Kathryn Allen Rabuzzi

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In Western cultures, the central image of the spiritual quest for selfhood is that of the mythic, male, hero. A male hero, however, represents the quest for selfhood incompletely and awkwardly for women. In this provocative work, Kathryn Rabuzzi focuses on a different image -- that of the mother. For women seeking spiritual fulfillment of self, Rabuzzi points out the way of the mother, replacing the androcentric myths of the West with gynocentric myths based on the archetypal model of the Goddess. In contrast to the selfhood for which the hero quests, "motherself" is the name for what women achieve when they follow the way of the mother. Rabuzzi defines that way with imagination and…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/22/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English