Michelle Napierski-Prancl

Mothers Work

Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social Change

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

Produktdetails

• Lexington Studies in Communication and Storytelling
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 411g
• ISBN-13: 9781498514590
• ISBN-10: 1498514596
• Artikelnr.: 56975065

Autorenporträt

Michelle Napierski-Prancl is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of History and Society at Russell Sage College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Mommy Wars: An Imaginary Battle over Mothers(') Work
Chapter Two: Listening to Their Side of the Story: Introducing the Moms
Chapter Three: Mothers Work: Nostalgia, Language, and the Myth of Eating
Bon Bons Chapter Four: The Dreaded Question: So What Do You Do?
Stay-at-home Moms, the Issue of Identity, and the Decision to Stay Home
Chapter Five: Supermoms, Daycare, and Family Friendly Policies: Full-time
Working Mothers Chapter Six: The Best of Both Worlds? Part-time Working
Moms Chapter Seven: Moving Forward: Mothers as Agents of Social Change