Madonna and Child by Melissa Benn

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Madonna and Child by Melissa Benn

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Summary

Benn argues that there has been an unrecognised social revolution centering on experience of motherhood versus society's ideas of women's lives in the 90s. Whilst women are supposed to have it all there is a gap between women's experience of being mothers and societal perceptions of motherhood. Originally published in 1998 by Jonathan Cape.

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Madonna and Child by Melissa Benn

Betty Friedan announced the end of the family. Melissa Benn argues that there has been a revolution in women's lives, but not as Friedan had prophesied; whilst women are supposed to have it all - work, children, family - there is a yawning gap between women's experience of being mothers and political, policy, societal perceptions of motherhood. Herself a mother and writing from very immediate experience, Melissa Benn is exposing realities which will make us all think anew about our expectations of women today.

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Melissa Benn is a journalist, novelist and essayist. Her first novel Public Lives was published in paperback in 1996. She lives with her partner and their two daughters in London.
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ISBN 13 9780224038218
ISBN 10 0224038214
Title Madonna and Child
Author Melissa Benn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1998-01-08
Number of pages 288
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