Explores several insights of Western and Indian feminists on motherhood, both as an ideology and as a practice.
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Explores several insights of Western and Indian feminists on motherhood, both as an ideology and as a practice.
This book examines the social, economic and cultural conditions and stressors under which mothers commit infanticide, and shows how these conditions affect the ability to meet societal and self-perceived expectations of "good" mothering
Almost every story of maternal infanticide starts with "the baby wouldn't stop crying". But the story is more than just bad or mentally ill mothers who lethally assault their baby. The story is about how hard it is to be a good mother in a society where women are expected to rai…
This book examines the social, economic and cultural conditions and stressors under which mothers commit infanticide, and shows how these conditions affect the ability to meet societal and self-perceived expectations of ""good"" mothering.
Controversial, unflinching and intelligent, Anne Manne discusses the big issues surrounding motherhood and childcare and proposes radical new directions for social policy.
"The two phenomena highlighted in this edited volume 'motherhood/mothering and masculinities' are each recent areas of development in critical Feminist and Men's Studies. In contributing to these areas of gender studies, this book draws attention to the fact that much can also b…
The two phenomena highlighted in this edited volume 'motherhood/mothering and masculinities' are each recent areas of development in critical Feminist and Men's Studies. In contributing to these areas of gender studies, this book draws attention to the fact that much can also be…
Maternal geographies: mothering in and out of place
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"This collection broaches the intersections of critical motherhood studies and feminist geography. Contributors demonstrate that an important dimension of the social construction of motherhood is how mothering happens in space and place, leading to the articulation of diverse ma…
Maternal geographies: mothering in and out of place
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Type: Book
This collection broaches the intersections of critical motherhood studies and feminist geography. Contributors demonstrate that an important dimension of the social construction of motherhood is how mothering happens in space and place, leading to the articulation of diverse mat…
"While the image or construct of the 'good mother' has been the focus of many research projects, the 'bad mother, ' as a discursive construct, and also mothers who do 'bad' things as complicated, agentic social actors, have been quite neglected, despite the prevalence of the ima…
"While the image or construct of the 'good mother' has been the focus of many research projects, the 'bad mother, ' as a discursive construct, and also mothers who do 'bad' things as complicated, agentic social actors, have been quite neglected, despite the prevalence of the ima…
While the image or construct of the ""good mother"" has been the focus of many research projects, the ""bad mother, "" as a discursive construct, and also mothers who do ""bad"" things as complicated, agentic social actors, have been quite neglected, despite the prevalence of th…
Over the past decade geographers have shown a growing interest in 'the body' as an important co-ordinate of subjectivity and as a way of understanding further relationships between people, place and space. To date, however geographers have published little on what is one of, if …
"While the existence of maternal ambivalence has been evident for centuries, it has only recently been recognized as central to the lived experience of mothering. This accessible, yet intellectually rigorous, interdisciplinary collection demonstrates its presence and meaning in …
The maternal tug: ambivalence, identity, and agency
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"While the existence of maternal ambivalence has been evident for centuries, it has only recently been recognized as central to the lived experience of mothering. This accessible, yet intellectually rigorous, interdisciplinary collection demonstrates its presence and meaning in …