Voicing voluntary childlessness : narratives of non-mothering in contemporary France / Edwards Natalie.

New York : Peter Lang, 2016.

viii, 211 pages ; 25 cm.

1 Edition.

Introduction: voicing voluntary childlessness : narratives of non-mothering in contemporary France -- Perspectives on non-mothering -- Theorising non-mothering -- Psychoanalyzing non-mothering -- Expressions of non-mothering -- Linda lês epistolary innovation : à lenfant que je naurai pas -- Jane Sautière's autofictional explorations : nullipare -- The struggle of personal criticism : Lucie Joubert's l'envers du landau -- The ageing voluntarily childless woman : Madeleine Chapsal's la femme sans -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.