First published in 1998. The death of an elderly person— and its impact on an adult child—is considered so "normal" that it has attracted scant attention. T

Drawing on interviews with middle-aged women six to nine months after their mothers had died, examines the bereavement experience, the personal meaning of the l

Mothering While Black examines the complex lives of the African American middle class—in particular, black mothers and the strategies they use to raise their

ìAs far as I am aware, there is no other scholarly book on adult mother/daughter relationships, particularly one that incorporates data from pairs of mothers a

Examining the compelling and often poignant connection between women and the material culture of death, this collection focuses on the objects women make, the i