@article{892379,
      author = {Fraustino, Lisa Rowe, and Coats, Karen,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/892379},
      title = {Mothers in children's and young adult literature : from  the eighteenth century to postfeminism /},
      abstract = {"Living or dead, present or absent, sadly dysfunctional or  merrily adequate, the figure of the mother bears enormous  freight across a child's emotional and intellectual life.  Given the vital role literary mothers play in books for  young readers, it is remarkable how little scholarly  attention has been paid to the representation of mothers  outside of fairy tales and beyond studies of gender  stereotypes. This collection of thirteen essays begins to  fill a critical gap by bringing together a range of  theoretical perspectives by a rich mix of senior scholars  and new voices"--},
      recid = {892379},
      pages = {xi, 270 pages :},
}