ISBN:
0857454676
,
9780857454676
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 275 p)
Series Statement:
International studies in social history v. 20
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Van der Klein, Marian Maternalism Reconsidered : Motherhood, Welfare and Social Policy in the Twentieth Century
DDC:
306.874/3
Keywords:
Motherhood History 20th century
;
Mothers History 20th century
;
Public welfare History 20th century
;
Mothers history
;
Maternal Behavior
;
Social Welfare history
;
Public Policy history
;
History, 20th Century
;
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Parenting ; Motherhood
;
HISTORY ; Modern ; 20th Century
;
Motherhood
;
Mothers
;
Public welfare
;
Mutterschaft
;
Mutter
;
Sozialstaat
;
Sozialpolitik
;
History
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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