Abstract
The present study undertook an exploration of mother-daughter relationship in a Pakistani Muslim context. Data
was gathered from seven women of diverse age groups ranging from twenties to sixties through creative
interviewing technique. Data analysis was done through discursive psychology. The analysis revealed that
whereas social constructions of daughters resound with other focused identities and strong moral and economic
discourses, it is usually a daughter rather than a son whom a mother perceives as a part of herself. Thus, in a
social context which is highly male dominated, mother-daughter relationship forms a basic and highly
reciprocal matrix of a woman to woman socialization which serves functions of adjustment, sharing and
sustaining women‟s familial relationships.
