ISBN:
9781743320976
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (261 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.8743099
Keywords:
Motherhood
;
Australia
;
Mothers
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Although the ideals of the 'good mother' change with time, fashion and context, they persist in public policy, the media, popular culture and workplaces; placing pressure on women to conform to particular standards, against which they are judged and judge themselves.The Good Mother demonstrates that prevailing ideas about mothers and motherhood continue to influence the way 'types' of women are represented and the way that all mothers think, act and present themselves.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Chapter One - The good mother in theory and research: an overview -- Chapter Two - Good executive, good mother: contradictory devotions -- Chapter Three - Mother of all constructions: mothers in male-dominated work -- Chapter Four - Mothers making class distinctions: the aesthetics of maternity -- Chapter Five - Good mothers go school shopping -- Chapter Six - The good mother and the high school: a view from the 20th century -- Chapter Seven - Mothers and mutual obligation: policy reforming the good mother -- Chapter Eight - Misrepresenting Indigenous mothers: maternity allowances in the media -- Chapter Nine - Aboriginal mother yarns -- Chapter Ten - Mother impossible: the experiences of lesbian parents -- Chapter eleven - Being a real mother: adoptive mothers' experiences -- Index.
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