Mother, She Wrote Matrilineal Narratives in Contemporary Women’s Writing

«Yi-Lin Yu’s deployment of powerful psychoanalytic ideas of subject-relation theorists is complex and persuasive, her wide choice of literary texts challenges oversimple formulations of matrilineal narratives, and her attention to narrative structure demonstrates her attention to textual detail and structure. In addition, the exposition is beautifully lucid and the scholarship well grounded.» (Alison Easton, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Lancaster University, United Kingdom)



«Yi-Lin Yu’s exciting and innovative work on matrilineal family romances is an admirable study of theories and texts in the most recent phase of feminist maternal scholarship. Her feminist readings of matrilineal narratives extend into new areas, such as the diasporic narrative, bringing the complex insights afforded by literary texts into a new synthesis of theory and literary practice.» (Tess Cosslett, Author of ‘Women Writing Childbirth: Modern Discourses of Motherhood’)