Intensive Mothering The Cultural Contradictions Of Modern Motherhood
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Intensive Mothering The Cultural Contradictions Of Modern Motherhood
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Author : Linda Rose Ennis
language : en
Publisher: Demeter Press
Release Date : 2014-12-01
Intensive Mothering The Cultural Contradictions Of Modern Motherhood written by Linda Rose Ennis and has been published by Demeter Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with Social Science categories.
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sharon Hays’ landmark book, The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood, this collection will revisit Hays’ concept of “intensive mothering” as a continuing, yet controversial representation of modern motherhood. In Hays’ original work, she spoke of “intensive mothering” as primarily being conducted by mothers, centered on children’s needs with methods informed by experts, which are labourintensive and costly simply because children are entitled to this maternal investment. While respecting the important need for connection between mother and baby that is prevalent in the teachings of Attachment Theory, this collection raises into question whether an over-investment of mothers in their children’s lives is as effective a mode of parenting, as being conveyed by representations of modern motherhood. In a world where independence is encouraged, why are we still engaging in “intensive motherhood?”
The Cultural Contradictions Of Motherhood
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Author : Sharon Hays
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Cultural Contradictions Of Motherhood written by Sharon Hays and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Working mothers today confront not only conflicting demands on their time and energy but also conflicting ideas about how they are to behave: they must be nurturing and unselfish while engaged in child rearing but competitive and ambitious at work. As more and more women enter the workplace, it would seem reasonable for society to make mothering a simpler and more efficient task. Instead, Sharon Hays points out in this original and provocative book, an ideology of "intensive mothering" has developed that only exacerbates the tensions working mothers face. Drawing on ideas about mothering since the Middle Ages, on contemporary childrearing manuals, and on in-depth interviews with mothers from a range of social classes, Hays traces the evolution of the ideology of intensive mothering--an ideology that holds the individual mother primarily responsible for child rearing and dictates that the process is to be child-centered, expert-guided, emotionally absorbing, labor-intensive, and financially expensive. Hays argues that these ideas about appropriate mothering stem from a fundamental ambivalence about a system based solely on the competitive pursuit of individual interests. In attempting to deal with our deep uneasiness about self-interest, we have imposed unrealistic and unremunerated obligations and commitments on mothering, making it into an opposing force, a primary field on which this cultural ambivalence is played out.
Taking The Village Online
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Author : Lorin Basden Arnold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Taking The Village Online written by Lorin Basden Arnold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Business & Economics categories.
The contributing authors in this anthology address diverse topics in mothering and social media, including framing of stepmothers in online forums, mothering in the digital diaspora, the construction of the "bad mother" on Twitter, immersive gaming and parenting classes, virtual mother outlaws, alternative mothering websites, feminist parenting, and more. While the works are primarily rooted in critical and feminist perspectives, a variety of methodologies and approaches to studying mothering and social media are represented in this text, and encourage a robust and thoughtful examination of the role of interactive media in the maternal experience. Lorin Basden Arnold, Ph.D. is a family communication and gender scholar. Her recent scholarly work has primarily related to understandings and enactments of motherhood.
All On One Plate
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Author : Solveig Brown
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 2016
All On One Plate written by Solveig Brown and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Family & Relationships categories.
"Reveals the contradictions between cultural and individual ideals of being a good mother and examines the transition to motherhood, division of labor, working out of the home or staying home, the diverse ways mothers oversee the various aspects of their children's lives while fostering achievement, and raising good kids"--
Egg Freezing Fertility And Reproductive Choice
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Author : Kylie Baldwin
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2019-09-05
Egg Freezing Fertility And Reproductive Choice written by Kylie Baldwin and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with Social Science categories.
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book explores the experiences of some of the pioneering users of social egg freezing technology in the UK and the USA.
Militant Lactivism
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Author : Charlotte Faircloth
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Militant Lactivism written by Charlotte Faircloth and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Following networks of mothers in London and Paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part of an 'attachment parenting' philosophy. These mothers talk about their decision to continue breastfeeding as 'the natural thing to do': 'evolutionarily appropriate', 'scientifically best' and 'what feels right in their hearts'. Through a theoretical focus on knowledge claims and accountability, the author frames these accounts within a wider context of 'intensive parenting', arguing that parenting practices – infant feeding in particular – have become a highly moralized affair for mothers, practices which they feel are a critical aspect of their 'identity work'. The book investigates why, how and with what implications some of these mothers describe themselves as 'militant lactivists' and reflects on wider parenting culture in the UK and France. Discussing gender, feminism and activism, this study contributes to kinship and family studies by exploring how relatedness is enacted in conjunction to constructions of the self.
Modern Motherhood And Women S Dual Identities
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Author : Petra Bueskens
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-28
Modern Motherhood And Women S Dual Identities written by Petra Bueskens and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-28 with Social Science categories.
Why do women in contemporary western societies experience contradiction between their autonomous and maternal selves? What are the origins of this contradiction and the associated ‘double shift’ that result in widespread calls to either ‘lean in’ or ‘opt out’? How are some mothers subverting these contradictions and finding meaningful ways of reconciling their autonomous and maternal selves? In Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities, Petra Bueskens argues that western modernisation consigned women to the home and released them from it in historically unprecedented, yet interconnected, ways. Her ground-breaking formulation is that western women are free as ‘individuals’ and constrained as mothers, with the twist that it is the former that produces the latter. Bueskens’ theoretical contribution consists of the identification and analysis of modern women’s duality, drawing on political philosophy, feminist theory and sociology tracking the changing nature of discourses of women, freedom and motherhood across three centuries. While the current literature points to the pervasiveness of contradiction and double-shifts for mothers, very little attention has been paid to how (some) women are subverting contradiction and ‘rewriting the sexual contract’. Bridging this gap, Bueskens’ interviews ten ‘revolving mothers’ to reveal how periodic absence, exceeding the standard work-day, disrupts the default position assigned to mothers in the home, and in turn disrupts the gendered dynamics of household work. A provocative and original work, Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in fields such as Women and Gender Studies, Sociology of Motherhood and Social and Political Theory.
Impossible Parenting
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Author : Olivia Scobie
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2020-10-31
Impossible Parenting written by Olivia Scobie and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-31 with Family & Relationships categories.
A roadmap for parents who want to feel less pressure and more joy during the intense early years of childrearing. Why is it that research suggests people who don’t have kids are happier than people who do? Olivia Scobie provides practical solutions for parents who find themselves pushing beyond their capacity to meet impossible standards, and challenges parents to shift their thinking from child centred to family centred. By naming today’s unrealistic parenting expectations as impossible from the get-go, Impossible Parenting creates the space to acknowledge harmful expectations for new parents and begins a conversation that focuses on healing and doing the best one can with the resources available.
Marginalized Mothers Mothering From The Margins
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Author : Tiffany Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-08
Marginalized Mothers Mothering From The Margins written by Tiffany Taylor and has been published by Emerald Group Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-08 with Family & Relationships categories.
This volume examines the barriers and borders that marginalize mothers and their efforts to be good mothers and how they mother as a form of resistance to these barriers and borders.
The Reproduction Of Mothering
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Author : Nancy Chodorow
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-11-02
The Reproduction Of Mothering written by Nancy Chodorow and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-02 with Psychology categories.
This text had a major impact on both feminists and psychoanalysts when it was first published, and it continues to shape the thinking of analysts and feminists today.