Treasures: The Stories Women Tell About the Things They Keep - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552380734 ISBN 13: 9781552380734

Publisher: University of Calgary Press, 2004

Synopsis

Treasures: The Stories Women Tell about the Things They Keep is a book about memory and meaning; these texts bring to light the patterns of story and emotion that women have woven around the objects they have kept and treasured, objects which in the past may have seemed unimportant. These treasures contain and reveal each woman's life experience and act as vehicles for her values and for the development of her character. They are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations and cultivating a collective women's history. Selected from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compelling and sometimes haunting stories, told in their own voices.

About this title

Product Description:

This is a book about memory & meaning. These texts bring to light the reflections & stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. These objects contain each woman's life experience & act as a foundation for her values & for the development of her character. The objects are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations of women & creating a collective women's history. Culled from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compelling & even haunting stories, told in the women's own voices.

About the Author:

Dr. Kathleen V. Cairns is a professor and clinical psychologist with the Division of Applied Psychology at the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary. Over the past twenty-five years, she has published numerous articles on the psychology of women and has maintained a private psychotherapy practice with a focus on women's issues and human sexuality. Prior to her retirement in 2001, Dr. Eliane Silverman spent nearly twenty years at the University of Calgary in various roles, including coordinating the women's studies program, advising the president on women's issues, and teaching in the Faculty of General Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1552380734
• ISBN 13: 9781552380734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Cairns Kathleen, Silverman Eliane