ISBN:
9781443810425
,
1443810428
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxiii, 219 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Porter, Marie Theorising and Representing Maternal Realities
DDC:
306.8743
Keywords:
Motherhood
;
Mothers
;
Mothers
;
Motherhood
;
Sociology: family & relationships
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Motherhood
;
Mothers
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Maternal research is a rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary form of scholarship. Prior to second wave feminism most motherhood literature was written from a male perspective. This literature focused on telling mothers how to practice mothering without acknowledging the expertise of the mothers themselves. Research on motherhood as it is experienced in all its facets by mothers has only emerged in recent decades. This book is aimed at expanding academic knowledge of motherhood, from a feminis
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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