Interrogating motherhood / / Lynda R. Ross.

It has been four decades since the publication of Adrienne Rich’s <em>Of Woman Born</em> but her analysis of maternity and the archetypal Mother remains a powerful critique, as relevant today as it was at the time of writing. It was Rich who first defined the term “motherhood” as referen...

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Superior document:OPEL - Open Paths to Enriched Learning
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Place / Publishing House:Edmonton, [Alberta] : : AU Press,, 2016.
2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Open paths to enriched learning.
Physical Description:1 online resource (174 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 The Study of Motherhood
  • 2 Reflections on Motherhood: Theory and Popular Culture
  • 3 Paid Employment and the Practice of Motherhood
  • 4 Enabling Policies: In Theory and in Practice
  • 5 Mothering and Poverty
  • 6 Mothers, Mothering, and Mental Health
  • 7 “Other” Mothers, “Other” Mothering
  • 8 The Future of Motherhood
  • References