Motherhood: Meanings, Practices and Ideologies - Couverture souple

Woollett, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080398314X ISBN 13 : 9780803983144

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This volume explores the diverse contexts, meanings and experiences of mothering, and reveals how these intersect with prevailing social constructions and ideologies about `normal' or `ideal' motherhood.

The authors critically examine assumptions that not only underpin `commonsense' notions about motherhood, but are also produced and reproduced in childcare manuals and theoretical work on mothering. They show how dominant discourses about motherhood both circumscribe and conflict with the range of practices of mothers as they care for their children in real life. The impact of these contradictions are considered for women without children, for mothers who are younger or older than average, for mothers of children with disab

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ann Phoenix is Professor of Psychosocial Studies at Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education. Her research interests are psychosocial, including motherhood, family lives, social identities, young people, racialization and gender. She has particular interests in qualitative and mixed methods, re-use of data and narrative research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080398314X
• ISBN 13: 9780803983144
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Phoenix Ann, Lloyd Eva
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible