Split selves and sticking feelings: Maternal subjectivity and affective ethics in Helen Phillips's The Need
Feminist Theory: An International Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on March 18, 2026
Abstract
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This article examines the fractured maternal subjectivity in Helen Phillips'sThe Needthrough the combined perspectives of Lisa Baraitser'sMaternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruptionand Sara Ahmed'sThe Cultural Politics of Emotion. The article ...
This article examines the fractured maternal subjectivity in Helen Phillips'sThe Needthrough the combined perspectives of Lisa Baraitser'sMaternal Encounters: The Ethics of Interruptionand Sara Ahmed'sThe Cultural Politics of Emotion. The article ...