Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1: Poetics, Ethics, and Writing in the Feminine
6. 1. Introduction to Writing in the Feminine 11
7. 2. Writing (As) a Feminist Ethics 31
8. Part 2: Mothers and Daughters
9. 3. Resurrecting the (M)Other: Nicole Brossard 57
10. 4. Questioning the Mother: Di Brandt 72
11. 5. Performing Hysteria: France Théoret 85
12. Part 3: Mothertongues
13. 6. Tracing the (M)Other: Erin Mouré 99
14. 7. Mothering Text: Lola Lemire Tostevin 116
15. Part 4: Beyond Ethics
16. 8. An Ethics of Selfhood: Théoret and Tostevin 129
17. 9. An Ethics of Love: Brandt, Mouré, and Brossard 166
18. Conclusion 207
19. Notes 211
20. Works Cited 219
21. Credits 233
22. Index 235