ISBN:
9781926452562
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (241 pages)
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DDC:
306.87430000000001
Keywords:
Stay-at-home mothers
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Notice -- Table of Contents -- Dedications -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I: The Mommy Wars: Communiques Across the Barricades -- 1. So, What Do You Do? -- 2. Maternal Ambivalence -- 3. Navigating the Narrow Pass of Motherhood -- 4. Are "Mommy Wars" Real? -- Section II: On the Home Front: National Perspectives -- 5. Staying At Home -- 6. Stay at Home Jewish Mothers -- 7. Young Mothers in the UK -- 8. Mothering from a Caribbean Perspective -- 9. Mediating the Mommy Wars in Contemporary Germany -- 10. Integrating Choices -- 11. The Mommy Curve -- Section III: New Angels and Old Demons: Manifestations of Mothers at Home -- 12. Cyber-Mothers -- 13. Are Stay-at-Home Mothers Really at Home? -- 14. Eco-Momma -- 15. Smart Women, Different Choices -- 16. "But She Has A Nanny"...With Accompanying Eye Roll -- 17. 'Quiet Desperation' -- 18. Making it Work -- 19. The Day After, and the Day After That -- Section IV: When the War is Over: Re-imagining Stay-at-Home Mothering -- 20. How Alternative Mothering is Transforming American Stay-at-Home Motherhood -- 21. It's Time to Move Beyond the "Mommy Wars" -- 22. Seeing Themselves -- 23. Motherhood as an Act of Personal and Social Co-creation -- 24. The Free Gift -- 25. Conclusion -- 26. Contributors' Biographies.
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