Behave
- 作者
- 出版社 Soho Press
- 出版时间 2017年2月
- ISBN 1616958006 或 9781616958008
- 定价 67.90
内容简介
FromtheauthorofTheSpanishBowcomesalush,harrowingnovelbasedonthereallifestoryofRosalieRaynerWatson,oneofthemostcontroversialscientists—andmothers—ofthe20thcentury“Themotherbeginstodestroythechildthemomentit’sborn,”wrotethefounderofbehavioristpsychology,JohnB.Watson,whose1928parentingguidewasreveredasthechild-rearingbible.Fortheirdangerousand“mawkish”impulsestokissandhugtheirchild,“mostmothersshouldbeindictedforpsychologicalmurder.”BehaveisthestoryofRosalieRayner,Watson’sambitiousyoungwifeandthemotheroftwoofhischildren.In1920,whenshegraduatedfromVassarCollege,Raynerwasreadytomakehermarkontheworld.Intelligent,beautiful,andunflappable,shewonacovetedresearchpositionatJohnsHopkinsassistingthecharismaticcelebritypsychologistJohnB.Watson.Together,WatsonandRaynerconductedcontroversialexperimentsonhundredsofbabiestoprovebehavioristprinciples.Theyalsoembarkedonascandalousaffairthatcostthemboththeirjobs—andrecastthesparklingyoungRosalieRayner,scientistandthinker,asMrs.JohnWatson,wifeandconflicted,malignedmother,justanother“womanbehindagreatman.”WithBehave,AndromedaRomano-LaxoffersaprovocativefictionalbiographyofRosalieRaynerWatson,awomanwhoseworkinfluencedgenerationsofAmericans,andwhoselegacyhasbeenlostintheshadowofherhusband’s.Inturnsmovingandhorrifying,Behaveisarichlynuancedanddisturbingnovelaboutscience,progress,love,marriage,motherhood,andwhatallthosethingscostapassionate,promisingyoungwoman.
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