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Middle Grounds: Essays on Midlife Mothering
About this book
Although motherhood writings are rich and emerging, the available literature on midlife motherhood and mothering is incomplete and often presented from a narrow perspective. Middle Grounds: Essays on Midlife Mothering fills this gap, widening the lens on a sociological phenomenon that is expanding in the twenty first century. It brings together scholarly and creative essays from diverse disciplines and cultural perspectives to reflect a more contemporary viewpoint — that motherhood and mothering is not limited by the stages of life or chronological age. It echoes distinct voices speaking about experiences that represent a global reality for midlife mothering practices. In essence, this collection demonstrates that everything can transpire in the middle period of a woman's life. Thus, in midlife, we encounter a broad range of mothering experiences and practices, and ways of rep- resenting and expressing them
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Yes, you can access Middle Grounds: Essays on Midlife Mothering by Kathy Mantas in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Gender Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- 1. On a Collision Course?
- 2. Falling Back, Springing Forward
- 3. Balancing Motherhood, Work, and Mental Health in Midlife
- 4. Beyond Grasping for Straws in the Dark
- 5. Into and Out of the Fire
- 6. Institutional Mothering
- 7. Parenting through the Fog
- 8. Lilia’s World
- 9. Grief
- 10. Mothering Myself
- 11. The Benefits and Injuries of Midlife Mothering through an Autoethnographic Lens
- 12. Midlife Burnout
- 13. Failure Is Not an Option
- 14. Rock-a-Bye Baby
- 15. Mother Unmoored
- 16. My Mother’s Mother
- 17. Caricaturing Single, Midlife Motherhood in Vanity’s Brief Encounters
- 18. Taking Custody
- 19. Home Economicus
- 20. When Story Time Is Over
- About the Contributors