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Mothers Work

Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social Change
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 2019

Summary

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work examines the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs. MichelleNapierski-Prancl explores shared and divergent experiences, perspectives, lives, and challenges through the voices of experts on the topic of motherhood: the mothers themselves. Mothers Work analyzes how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-1459-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-1460-6
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
159
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. 1 The Mommy Wars No access Pages 1 - 26
  2. 2 Listening to Their Side of the Story No access Pages 27 - 50
  3. 3 Mothers Work No access Pages 51 - 72
  4. 4 The Dreaded Question: So What Do You Do? No access Pages 73 - 88
  5. 5 Supermoms, Daycare, and Family Friendly Policies No access Pages 89 - 106
  6. 6 The Best of Both Worlds? Part-time Working Moms No access Pages 107 - 124
  7. 7 Moving Forward No access Pages 125 - 146
  8. References No access Pages 147 - 154
  9. Index No access Pages 155 - 158
  10. About the Author No access Pages 159 - 159

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