Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Grandmotherland: Exploring the Myths and Realities |
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| Venue | : | Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, UK |
| Date | : | 11/12/2024 |
| Duration | : | 8 - 9:30pm GMT / 3 - 4:30pm EST |
| Extra Info | : | Grandmotherland: Exploring the Myths and Realities by Judith Edwards Discussant: Anne Alvarez Chair: Stephen Frosh As the cost of childcare continues to skyrocket, the lure of the grandmother childminder becomes ever stronger but what of the toll on grandmother? Fractured relationships are commonplace but what does a grandmother do when she is frozen out? Judith Edwards’ book, Grandmotherland: Exploring the Myths and Realities examines every facet of grandmothering: the meanings, reasons, and possibilities behind the myths, memes, and realities experienced by women the world over. In this presentation, Judith Edwards takes us on a journey through ‘Grandmotherland’, a territory ‘ripe for exploration’ as the late Hilary Mantel suggested. A land full of myth, where stereotypes and memes jostle with reality. She questions what we think of when we speak of grandmothers: an apple-cheeked granny knitting in her rocker or a monstrous grandma in wolf skin? Dr Edwards looks at the stories about grandmothering carried down through fairy tales, family history, and legend and those of women living today. She extends the ideas about the role of the grandmother and the intergenerational patterns which affect how it is experienced. Internationally and inter-culturally informed, she links to the internal psychological experience of granny-hood as well as the external factors at play: personality, culture, family history, and so much more. |
| Organised By | : | Institute of Psychoanalysis |
| Web Link | : | https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1698 |