Making modern mothers

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84742-604-8
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

What does motherhood mean today? Drawing on interviews with new mothers and intergenerational chains of women in the same family, this exciting and timely book documents the transition to motherhood over generations and time. Exploring, amongst other things, the trend to later motherhood and the experience of teenage pregnancy, a compelling picture emerges. Becoming a mother is not only a profound moment of identity change but also a site of socio-economic difference that shapes women's lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson, Rachel

Kehily, Mary Jane

Hadfield, Lucy

Sharpe, Sue

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Motherhood at large; Conception; Body; Family; Expert advice; Work; Commodities; Birth; After birth.

Über Autor(innen)

Kehily, Mary Jane
Mary Jane Kehily is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at The Open University.

Rachel Thomson is Professor of Social Research at The Open University, UK. Mary Jane Kehily is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at The Open University. Lucy Hadfield is a postgraduate research student at The Open University. Sue Sharpe is a freelance researcher and writer.