A Re-mapping of Womanhood and Creativity
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-18711-2 (ISBN)
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While following the feminine influences that forged her own search and nature as a writer, this book re-maps the life and work of Clara Oropeza’s literary mother, Anaïs Nin, focusing on Nin’s formative affinity with her mother, alongside her own personal mother. In this mother-map, Oropeza looks closely at the relationship between mothers and daughters, the formation of the maternal wound, and ways to move towards healing. Oropeza examines the pivotal role that a reconnection to a maternal line has in shaping a woman’s creative life. This book argues that synthesizing our intellectual, spiritual and ancestral ways of knowing, away from the harmful narratives that shape our lives, is essential today. With scholarly and personal insight, Oropeza sheds new light on how women come to shores of understanding themselves beyond unresolved familial and historical tensions.
Combining literature, myth, and psychology, this book will be an illuminating read for students, scholars, and professionals in the areas of literature, psychoanalysis, and mythology. This book will be crucial reading for women, in particular women of color, interested in the process of individuation, creativity and womanhood.
Clara Oropeza, PhD, is a Professor of English Composition and Literature at Santa Barbara City College. Her research combines literary studies, mythology, and depth psychology. She is the author of Anaïs Nin: A Myth of Her Own and various essays. She received her BA and MA in English Literature from California State University, Los Angeles, and her PhD in Comparative Mythology and Literature from Pacific Graduate Institute.
Preface. Lay of the Land: A Mother Map; 1. Introduction: To Be Indigenous on this Land: Searching for a Matrilineal Legacy; 2. A Matrilineal Legacy and Feminine Identity in the Life and Work of Anaïs Nin; 3. The Individuation path of a Mexican Woman:
Fuerte y Desahogada (Strong and Undrowned); 4. In Search of My Mother’s Mythos; 5. Seasons of My Discontent; Epilogue. Cartography of the Feminine Gaze; Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.4.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 6 Halftones, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie |
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| ISBN-10 | 1-032-18711-5 / 1032187115 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-18711-2 / 9781032187112 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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