In this long-awaited book, a leading psychoanalytic feminist traces the development of her views on the psychodynamics, sociology, and culture of gender. Expanding upon her pathbreaking work in u003ciu003eThe Reproduction of Motheringu003c/iu003e and combining significant new writings with previously published essays, Nancy J. Chodorow elucidates how the unconscious awareness of self and gender we develop from earliest infancy continues to shape both our experience as men and women and the patterns of inequality and difference that exist throughout our society and culture. "Chodorow is an exceptionally intelligent and serious writer, and her contribution to the debate on gender and sexual identity is substantial. . . . Through her deepening reflections on gender issues and her study of the reality of women's lives, Ms. Chodorow puts both Freud and feminism to the test."--Stuart Schneiderman, u003ciu003eNew York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eu003c/iu003e "In [a book] teeming with ideas, Chodorow . . . explores issues such as the influence of maternal care on the emerging self, social oppression of women on the basis of presumed gender differences, Oedipal conglict, heterosexual identification, and women analysts."--u003ciu003ePublishers Weeklyu003c/iu003eu003ciu003eu003c/iu003e "These essays are as good a statement of the issues in feminist psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic feminism as I have seen, reflecting the knowledge and questions of an 'insider' in both areas. One is impressed by the richness of the implications drawn from observed constellations or relationships. This is book that should be of interest to a wide audience."--Malkah T. Notman, M.D., u003ciu003eJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Associationu003c/iu003e "All readers will profit from reading all of the articles in historical sequence. Her own changes reflect some general trends in feminist and social science thought."--Miriam M. Johnson, u003ciu003eContemporary Sociologyu003c/iu003eu003cbru003e
