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1.
Good Enough Mothering? Feminist Perspectives on Lone Motherhood
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 1996
Subjects:
Feminism
Single Mothers
Motherhood
Single Mothers--Government Policy
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...rising lone-motherhood phenomenon...autonomy of mothers from fathers. Motherhood and mothering can increasingly...of women as mothers inhibits the...autonomous mothering. Historical...history of motherhood in Britain...
2.
The Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever
Contributors:
Publisher:
Basic Books 1998
Subjects:
Motherhood--Psychological Aspects
Mothers--Psychology
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...Remember that motherhood is like a craft...00ADning mothers need to apprentice...almost as if the mother were being...realized.The new mother's mother may be too...most new mothers seek elements...thenew domain of motherhood (I am...
3.
Mothers Who Kill Their Children: Understanding the Acts of Moms from Susan Smith to the "Prom Mom"
Contributors:
Publisher:
New York University Press 2001
Subjects:
Mothers--Psychology
Mothers--Social Conditions
Filicide
Infanticide
Women Murderers
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...201CFour Shot Dead in Mont­clair; Firefighters Find Mom, Daughters,” Record (Bergen County), January23...29. “Judge Calls for 2nd Psychiatric Examination of Mother in MurderCase,” Associated Press, January 20, 1999...
4.
Our Mothers, Our Selves: Writers and Poets Celebrating Motherhood
Contributors:
Publisher:
Bergin & Garvey 1996
Subjects:
Motherhood
Motherhood--Literary Collections
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...in mine.--from My Mother's Body byMarge PiercyWe are our mothers' daughters, our mothers' sons, and our motherslive...bring the celebration of motherhood into the fold of feminism...and omitted. We feel motherhood belongsin the forefront...
5.
Mothering the Mother: How a Doula Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier, and Healthier Birth
Contributors:
Publisher:
Perseus Publishing 1993
Subjects:
Doulas
Natural Childbirth--Coaching
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...to care fortwo or more mothers at the same time.When...whenthey have to leave one mother alone tocare for another...probablyaccount for this. A mother in labor canusually be...nurturing qualities of"mothering" have traditionally...environment forthe mother, encouraging her to...
6.
That Pale Mother Rising: Sentimental Discourses and the Imitation of Motherhood in 19th-Century America
Contributors:
Publisher:
Indiana University Press 1995
Subjects:
Postmodernism--Social Aspects
Motherhood--United States--History--19th Century
Feminist Theory
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...African-American mother onthe discursive...approach to original motherhood thusbegins by apprehending...thediscourse of original motherhood, her representation...0028i.e., mothers are not black...align essentialized motherhood with En­lightenment...The bourgeois mother marks the boundary...
7.
Perfect Motherhood: Science and Childrearing in America
Contributors:
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press 2006
Subjects:
Mothers--United States--History
Motherhood--United States--History
Physician And Patient--United States--History
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...Seealso advice; education; motherhood;mothers; physicians; schedulingScot...publishingcompany, 138Simplifying Motherhood (Richardson),56Sims, Mary...internet presence of, 141;mothers as influence on, 117–18...
8.
Daughtering and Mothering: Female Subjectivity Reanalysed
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 1993
Subjects:
Mothers And Daughters
Mothers and Daughters--Psychology
Identity (Psychology)
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...own experiences as mothers of three children...and the idea that motherhood is woman’s...intimate bond between mother and child. In contrast...the experiences of mothers were being charted...the institution of motherhood. This analysis...different ways of mothering have hardly been...
9.
Mothering for Schooling
Contributors:
Publisher:
RoutledgeFalmer 2005
Subjects:
Education--Parent Participation--United States--Longitudinal Studies
Mothers--United States--Social Conditions--21st Century--Longitudinal Studies
Women In Education--United States--Longitudinal Studies
Feminism And Education--United States
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...raceMoore, Helen (mother), 79-81 , 98-9...201Cfailure” of mothers, 129 mothering discourse, 8 , 10...33 and interviews with mothers, 31-3 , 35 , 41...43 , 124 , 132 and mother's unpaid work, 39...
10.
Mothering through Domestic Violence
Contributors:
Publisher:
Jessica Kingsley 2006
Subjects:
Child Welfare
Family Violence
Abused Wives--Legal Status, Laws, Etc
Mothers--Legal Status, Laws, Etc
Abused Women--Services For
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...explore in this book.Mothering Through Domestic Violence...challenge the denigration of mothering, particularly the denigra­tion of abused mothers that can occur in family...reflect on and recount what mothers have told us about their...
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