In this fascinating study, Rozsika Parker traces a hidden history--the shifting notions of femininity and female social roles--by unraveling the history of embroidery from medieval times until today.
In The Anxious Gardener Rozsika Parker wittily addresses the worries evoked by a series of gardening tasks over the course of a year. Each episode involves a dialogue between the Anxious Gardener and the Gardening Mentor, who offers practical solutions to the Anxious Gardener's dilemmas. A third voice, belonging to Maud-Next-Door, dispenses ...
An examination of ambivalence, the pro and con feelings that a mother has towards her children, which can actually strengthen the maternal bond if handled properly.
This book is a classic introduction to the major events and debates in the early years of feminist art practice. An extensive collection of articles, as well as broadsheets printed in facsimile, illustrate the history and diversity of arguably the most important intervention in modern art. The result provides a vivid sense of the impact of the ...
Conflicting feelings of love and hate for a child can have a creative impact on mothering. This is Rozsika Parker's contention as she presents an understanding of maternal ambivalence. Drawing on interviews with mothers, clinical material and a range of literary sources, she explores differing experiences of maternal ambivalence. Parker's revision ...
New, revised edition of this bold and exciting book. More and more women confess uneasily to finding motherhood as much a source of pain as pleasure. Rozsika Parker presents a new understanding of maternal ambivalence, suggesting that the coexistence of love and hate can stimulate and sharpen a mother's awareness of what is going on between her ...
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