![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This article analyzes the idealization of motherhood within the historical and political framework of Portugal and then within the novel "Vale Abraão (The Valley of Abraham)" by one of Portugal's greatest contemporary women writers, Agustina Bessa Luís, because of its unique approach of demystifying the idealization of motherhood by reinterpreting the nineteenth-century classic "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert. In the Portuguese speaking world, this sentiment has continually reappeared throughout popular culture as well as in political agendas, especially during the "estado novo" (The New State) dictatorship in which Salazar idealized the maternal figure as part of his plan for the reconstruction of the Portuguese nation. The myth of motherhood claims that any woman who chooses not to mother is a failure as a woman and a traitor to her very own femininity. Many critics, such as Kristeva, Luce Irigaray and Adrienne Rich have argued that throughout the Western tradition patriarchal institutions have used the myth of motherhood as one of the principle mechanisms to preserve traditional gender roles and the distribution of power. ![]()
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These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. ![]() Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. ![]() ![]() ![]() Due to begin her teaching position at Miss Martin’s School in Bath, Frances must try to forget that one extraordinary night-and the man who touched her with such exquisite tenderness and abandon.īut Frances cannot hide forever. But Frances knows her place-and it is far from the privileged world of the sensual aristocrat. Stranded together in a rustic country inn, Lucius Marshall, who is the Viscount Sinclair, and Frances Allard share a night of glorious, unforgettable passion. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneous…and utterly impossible to resist. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. ![]() She is a young teacher with a secret past. 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