The Dilemma of Maternal Practice:"Bad Mothers"in the Works of Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter,a notable American writer,vividly creates and portrays three types of"bad mothers"in her short stories,which represents as the typical"ambivalent"state of Texas writers.On the one hand,in the face of inevitable contradictions in life,these"bad mothers"abandon established standards of loving motherhood by being indifferent and mean to their children.By doing so,they resist the myth of motherhood.On the other hand,they still succumb to traditional patriarchal ideology,catering to the thoughts and tastes of men who dominate the social ideology.As a result,they become bad mothers in the eyes of their children and others around them.Through these images,Porter aims to reveal the inherent maternal ambivalence in all mothers and the dilemma they face in maternal practices.She also expresses her profound concerns about motherhood in modem society.
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