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Maternal Instincts

Visions of Motherhood and Sexuality in Britain, 1875-1925

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Claudia Nelson

    1. Southwest Texas State University, USA

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  2. Ann Sumner Holmes

    1. Honors College, Louisiana State University, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ann Sumner Holmes, Claudia Nelson
    Pages 1-12

  3. ‘Not a Fit or Proper Person’

    • Nancy Fix Anderson
    Pages 13-36

  4. ‘Fallen Mothers’

    • Ann Sumner Holmes
    Pages 37-57

  5. Race Motherhood

    • George Robb
    Pages 58-74

  6. Virgin Territory and the Iron Virgin

    • Lillian Nayder
    Pages 75-97

  7. ‘Under the Guidance of a Wise Mother’

    • Claudia Nelson
    Pages 98-121

  8. ‘The Mothers of Our Soldiers’ Children’

    • Susan R. Grayzel
    Pages 122-140

  9. Sexuality, Maternity, and Femininity in Films Exhibited in Britain, 1914–19

    • Anne Morey
    Pages 141-165

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 166-171
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Maternal Instincts brings together seven new essays exploring conflicting visions of motherhood and sexuality in a period during which both terms were undergoing radical change. Representations of both concepts mutated to accommodate different cultural contexts and individual ideologies. Drawing upon sources including literature, film, medical handbooks, popular science, and legal records, the articles collected here construct a vision of motherhood as alternately idealized, discredited, and fragmented by virtue of its connection with sexualities licit and illicit.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Southwest Texas State University, USA

    Claudia Nelson

  • Honors College, Louisiana State University, USA

    Ann Sumner Holmes

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