Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective
Continuity and Change
- 226 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Divided into 15 chapters, this book provides the reader with an insight into certain representations of mothers and motherhood in history and today's societies in some areas of the world, notably in Britain and Asia.
Key facts about the history of motherhood are presented, together with the use of very recent notions and phrases portraying 'good' and 'bad' mothers. An analysis of the concepts of naming and blaming, along with regret with respect to mothers in 21st century societies, provides food for thought. Other issues addressed are varied and numerous: the politics of early intervention, feminist critique, mothers with disabilities and mothers of disabled children, incarcerated mothers, surrogate mothers, teenage mothers, lesbian mothers, and mothering in Eastern Asia, namely in China, Japan, and Korea. Interestingly, both visual arts and literature play a crucial role in this analysis.
The publication will appeal to students, academics, researchers, and the general public interested in and seeking to comprehend the shifts that have occurred over time in connection with the vast and inexhaustible subject of motherhood and mothers – a private and public matter. Readers are also provided with a rich reference section dealing with the latest publications on the issues tackled by prominent academics and researchers in human geography, women's studies, sociology, gender studies, contemporary history, and the arts.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Theorising motherhood
- 2 (M)othering and the politics of early intervention: biologisation and the reproduction of gendered, classed and raced inequalities
- 3 A mother’s place is in the home: deconstructing self-interest and altruism in feminist economics
- Part 1 Difficult times for mothers
- Part 2 Unorthodox mothers
- Part 3 Asian mothering/mothers
- Part 4 Lesbian mothers/mothering
- Part 5 Representations of mothers in art
- Index