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Mothers on trial : the battle for children and custody
- Title
- Mothers on trial : the battle for children and custody / Phyllis Chesler.
- Author
- Chesler, Phyllis.
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill Book Co., ©1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | KF547 .C465 1986 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 651 pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 457-621.
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Part One: Mothers and custody -- 1. An historical overview -- 2. A contemporary overview -- 3. What is a fit mother and father? An unfit mother and father? Who decides? -- 4. Do "good enough" mothers still lose custody of their children in North America today? The results of an original study -- Part Two: The study in depth, I. What "crimes" do "good enough" mothers commit that result in maternal custodial victimization? -- 5. The "sexual" mother: Anna Karenina today -- 6. The "uppity" mother -- 7. The lesbian mother -- Part Three: The study in depth, II. What crimes are committed against "good enough" mothers that result in maternal custodial victimization? -- 8. The poor mother -- 9. The mother married to a violent man -- 10. Paternal brainwashing -- 11. The "voluntarily" non-custodial mother -- 12. The price of battle: Mothers encounter the psychological law -- Part Four: Maternal custody and the male state -- 13. The mother-lawyer relationship -- 14. The mother-judge and the father-judge relationships -- 15. Fetal politics -- Who gets custody of the "test-tube" baby?: The reproductive rights of husbands, unwed fathers, sperm donors -- and of women -- 16. Mothers in prison -- 17. Mothers as prisoners of patriarchy: A comparison of contemporary custody trials and witchcraft trials -- 18. The international custody situation -- Part Five: The mothers speak -- 19. Mother's wisdom: Philosophical and political perspectives on having and losing children -- 20. Children's rights -- 21. Upon divorce -- 22. Mothers' voices, written on the wind.
- ISBN
- 0070107017
- 9780070107014
- 0883442116
- 9780883442111
- LCCN
- 85011318
- OCLC
- ocm12103373
- 12103373
- SCSB-9011286
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library