دانلود کتاب The Sister bond: A feminist view of a timeless connection (The Athene series)

Sisters: two or more women, related by blood, adoption, marriage, or religious
commitment and service; or, large groups of women drawn together
by bonds of feminist thought and practice. For the purposes of this collection,
l use the term to refer to two women related by blood, most often growing
up in the same house, in the same room, often sleeping in the same bed.
As are all women, such sisters are taught by literature and culture to compete
for the attention of men, beginning often with their father. Yet when
asked to speak about their connections with each other, members of these
pairs usually find themselves articulating a deep and turbulent bond, one that
precedes and outlasts friendships, courtships, even marriages. A search of
the literature reveals almost no work on this subject. Aside from Louise Bernikow's
brave words in her chapter "Sometimes I feel like a sisterless child"
(Among Women, Harper & Row, 1980), I find only an occasional poem or
novel about the tangle of sisterhood . As with the examination of the mother daughter
bond that began a few years ago, the best source of information
remains primary documents by the women themselves or the rare biography
that treats their relationship seriously.