the problematics of motherhood in twentieth century women's fiction

stlrrlng of a revolt of the protagonists agalnst therr
mothers whlch is not so much a personal attack on the
mothers as lt 1s against the rnstltutlon they represent
The maternal rnsclnct and the mystlque of motherhood no
longer hold good as the emerglng femlnist mother questrons
or rejects the roles folsted on her
1.10.3. Chapter IV: Technological Motherhood discusses the
ldeologlcal trea-ment of technologrcal motherhood promoted
by HI-tech reproductlve strategies and ~ t s relatron to
femlnine / fernlnlst motherhood In three utoplas / dystoplas
namely Gllman's Eerland, Prercy's Woman On The Edge of Tlme
and Atwood's The Eandmald's Tale
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The chapter explores the
malor questlon Does women's l~beratlon requlre a blologrcal
revolution?
Should women rellnqulsh the~r reproductlve
roles and take recourse to techniques of reproductlon. or
should they reLa;n
galn the ac'uai
thelr reproductLve powers In order to
experience of mothering, at the same tlme
ensurlng that ~t 15 not ta~nted by the polltlcs of the
patriarchal Lnstltutlon of motherhood
The far-reachlng
effects of technological reproductron - on chlld-rearlng,
farnlly structures, heterosexual relatlans, raclsm. classlsm
and sexlsm - are also explored
1.10.4. Chapter V : The Aesthetics of Motherhood shrfts
the focus from the themat~c to aesthetic aspects of
motherhood, lndlcating how a self-conscious femlnlst