The good mother : contemporary motherhoods in Australia /

Although the ideals of the 'good mother' change with time, fashion and context, they persist in public policy, the media, popular culture and workplaces; placing pressure on women to conform to particular standards, against which they are judged and judge themselves.The Good Mother demonst...

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Tác giả khác: Goodwin, Susan, 1963-, Huppatz, Kate, 1979-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: University Of Sydney, N.S.W. : Sydney University Press, 2010.
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1sr6kgj
Mục lục:
  • Intro
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the authors
  • Chapter One
  • The good mother in theory and research: an overview
  • Chapter Two
  • Good executive, good mother: contradictory devotions
  • Chapter Three
  • Mother of all constructions: mothers in male-dominated work
  • Chapter Four
  • Mothers making class distinctions: the aesthetics of maternity
  • Chapter Five
  • Good mothers go school shopping
  • Chapter Six
  • The good mother and the high school: a view from the 20th century
  • Chapter Seven
  • Mothers and mutual obligation: policy reforming the good mother
  • Chapter Eight
  • Misrepresenting Indigenous mothers: maternity allowances in the media
  • Chapter Nine
  • Aboriginal mother yarns
  • Chapter Ten
  • Mother impossible: the experiences of lesbian parents
  • Chapter eleven
  • Being a real mother: adoptive mothers' experiences
  • Index.