ISBN:
9780857454669
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (282 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
International Studies in Social History
Parallel Title:
Print version Maternalism Reconsidered
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Beginning in the late 19th century, competing ideas about motherhood had a profound impact on the development and implementation of social welfare policies. Calls for programmes aimed at assisting and directing mothers emanated from all quarters of the globe, advanced by states and voluntary organizations, liberals and conservatives, feminists and anti-feminists - a phenomenon that scholars have since termed 'maternalism'. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political
Description / Table of Contents:
Maternalism Reconsidered; International Studies in Social History; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Maternalism and Beyond; Chapter 3: The State, the Women's Movement and Maternity Insurance,1900-1930; Chapter 4: Mobilizing Mothers in the Nation's Service; Chapter 5: Speaking on Behalf of Others; Chapter 6: 'Respectable Citizens of Canada'; Chapter 7: The Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages; Chapter 8: Protecting Mothers in Order to Protect Children; Chapter 9: Maternal and Child Welfare, State Policy and Women's Philanthropic Activities in Brazil, 1930-45
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 10: Maternalism in a Paternalist StateChapter 11: Maternalism, Soviet-Style; Chapter 12: The Origins and Transformations of the Infant-Maternity Health and Nutritional Programmes in Argentina; Chapter 13: Afterword; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Introduction
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Beyond maternalism
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The state, the women's movement and maternity insurance, 1900-1930 : a Dutch maternalism?
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Mobilising mothers in the nation's service : civic culture in France's familial welfare state, 1890-1914
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Speaking on behalf of others : Dutch social workers and the problem of maternalist condescension
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'Respectable citizens of Canada' : gender and the welfare state in the Great Depression
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The gold star mothers pilgrimages : patriotic maternalists and their critics in the interwar U.S.
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Protecting mothers in order to protect children : maternalism and the 1935 Pan-American Child Congress
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Maternal and child welfare, state policy and women's philanthropic activities in Brazil, 1930-45
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Maternalism in a paternalist state : the national organization for the protection of motherhood and infancy in fascist Italy
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Maternalism, Soviet-style : the working 'mothers with many children' in postwar Western Ukraine
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Infant-maternity health and nutritional programmes in Argentina : maternalism without maternalists?
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Afterword : maternalism today
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