| Description |
x, 387 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Perspectives on gender |
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Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
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| Contents |
(Cont.) Working at motherhood : Chicana and Mexican immigrant mothers and employment / Denise A. Segura -- The politics of mothering : the dialectics of struggle and agency. Mothering under slavery in the antebellum South / Stephanie J. Shaw -- Undocumented Latinas : the new "employable mothers" / Grace Chang -- Race and "value" : black and white illegitimate babies, 1945-1965 / Rickie Solinger -- Biology and community : the duality of Jewish mothering in East London, 1880-1939 / Susan L. Tananbaum -- Negotiating lesbian motherhood : the dialectics of resistance and accommodation / Ellen Lewin -- Feminist perspectives on mothering and peace / Linda Rennie Forcey |
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Social constructions of mothering : a thematic overview / Evelyn Nakano Glenn -- Challenging universalism : diversity in mothering. Kinscripts : reflections on family, generation, and culture / Carol B. Stack and Linda M. Burton -- Shifting the center : race, class, and feminist theorizing about motherhood / Patricia Hill Collins -- Diverted mothering : representations of caregivers of color in the age of "multiculturalism" / Sau-ling C. Wong -- Ideology and the construction of motherhood. An angle of seeing : motherhood in Buchi Emecheta's Joys of Motherhood and Alice Walker's Meridian / Barbara Christian -- Look who's talking, indeed : fetal images in recent North American visual culture / E. Ann Kaplan -- Beyond mothers and fathers : ideology in a patriarchal society / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Decomposing motherhood : fusions and dichotomies. Mothers are not workers : homework regulation and the construction of motherhood, 1948-1953 / Eileen Boris -- Family day care providers : dilemmas of daily practice / Margaret K. Nelson |
| Summary |
What constitutes mothering? Who does it, how is it carried out, and how does it affect all those involved? Mothering presents the political, legal and cultural debates surrounding the issue of mothering. Bringing critical insights from ethnic studies, women's studies, sociology, anthropology, history, and literary and cultural studies, these essays provide a variety of perspectives on mothering as a socially constructed relationship. They also uncover conflicts over ideas and practices of mothering, involving mothers, the state, social reformers, employers, and child care experts. Covering a wide range of racial, ethnic and class contexts, the authors challenge conventional notions about biology, gender, and the family. -- from back cover |
| Analysis |
Parenthood Mothers |
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Parenthood Mothers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Motherhood.
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| Author |
Chang, Grace, 1964- editor
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Forcey, Linda Rennie, editor
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Glenn, Evelyn Nakano, editor
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| LC no. |
93005497 |
| ISBN |
0415907756 |
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0415907764 (paperback) |
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9780415907750 |
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9780415907767 (paperback) |
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