Broken Patterns: Professional Women and the Quest for a New Feminine Identity [Hardcover]

Anita M. Harris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1995

Based on personal interviews and historical and psychological research, this book examines the complex relationships women share with their mothers and grandmothers and considers how those relationships and society's changing attitudes shape the experience of professional women.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press (January 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814325505
• ISBN-13: 978-0814325506
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,228,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Author's description, January 1, 2010

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This review is from: Broken Patterns: Professional Women and the Quest for a New Feminine Identity (Paperback)

I'm the author....and now hold the copyright. If you'll contact me, I can provide copies of the original edition. harriscom at [...].

Here's the description I wrote for the book.

In Broken Patterns, Anita Harris reveals how a powerful mother-daughter dynamic has shaped the experience of professional women in America. Using a unique approach that integrates personal interviews and historical and psychological research, she examines the complex relationships women share with their mothers and grandmothers and considers how those relationships and society's changing attitudes affect women's roles. Tracing the roles of working women from the Colonial Era to the present, Harris describes a powerful push-pull dynamic between mothers and daughters. The book suggests that women will continue to move forward--and take steps back--to make their own way, each incorporating and surpassing the hopes and dreams of generations past to create a new feminine identity.
==Anita Harris ([...])