The Demands of Motherhood

Agents, Roles and Recognition
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-349-36792-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smyth, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Modernity, Normativity and Recognition Motherhood's Normativity Authentic Motherhood: Expressive Individualism Choosing Motherhood: Rational Planning Balancing Acts: Maternal Pragmatism Conclusion Notes Appendix 1: Participant Information References Index

Über Autor(innen)

LISA SMYTH Lecturer in Sociology at Queen's University Belfast, UK, and has also been a visiting professor at San Diego State University's Department of Women's Studies, USA. She works on issues of gender, reproduction and social change. She has previously published .