ISBN:
0226670236
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9780226670232
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 250 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Wylie, Philip / 1902-1971 / Criticism and interpretation / Criticism and interpretation
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Friedan, Betty / Criticism and interpretation / Criticism and interpretation
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Friedan, Betty
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Wylie, Philip / 1902-1971
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Wylie, Philip Criticism and interpretation
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Friedan, Betty Criticism and interpretation
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Sozialgeschichte 1900-2010
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood
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Motherhood
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Motherhood in popular culture
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Motherhood
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Motherhood in popular culture
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Massenkultur
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Mutter
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USA
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USA
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Electronic books
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USA
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Mutter
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Massenkultur
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Sozialgeschichte 1900-2010
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Debunking the all-American mom: Philip Wylie's momism critique -- Mothers of the nation: patriotic maternalism and its critics -- Pathologizing mother love: mental health and maternal affectivity -- Banishing the suffering mother: the quest for painless childbirth -- Mother-blaming and The feminine mystique: Betty Friedan and her readers
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In the early twentieth-century United States, to speak of "mother love" was to invoke an idea of motherhood that served as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in notions of self-sacrifice and infused with powerful social and political meanings. Sixty years later, mainstream views of motherhood had been transformed, and Mother found herself blamed for a wide array of social and psychological ills. In Mom, Rebecca Jo Plant traces this important shift through several key moments in American history and popular culture. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's politic
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