Maternal Narratives in Public Contexts

Catherine A. Dobris; Rachel D. Davidson; Kim White-Mills

doi:10.5771/9781666923919

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-2390-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-2391-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 262
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Is It Always about the Mother? No access Pages 1 - 10
1. 1. 1. Background No access
  2. 1. The 1946 Spockian Mother: Mother as Middle-Class and Child-Centered No access
    2. The 1957 Spockian Mother: Mother as Well-Informed but Insecure No access
    3. The 1968 Spockian Mother: Mother as Conscientious Parent and Concerned Citizen No access
    4. The 1976 Spockian Mother: Mother as Modern-Traditional Caregiver No access
    5. The 1985 Spockian Mother: Mother as Multifaceted Modern Co-Parent No access
    6. The 1992 Spockian Mother: Mother as Emotional, Social, and Intellectual Compass No access
  3. Implications No access
  4. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
2. 1. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  2. Notes No access
  3. References No access
3. 1. Method No access
  2. Representation of Gender and Sexuality in Film No access
  3. I Care a Lot No access
  4. Analysis No access
  5. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
4. 1. 1. 20th Century Women: The Rhetorical Artifact No access
  2. Reimagining Mothering through a Parenting Community No access
  3. Community Parenting: Transgressing Boundaries of Good and Bad No access
  4. A Liberated Model of Mothering through Transcendence No access
  5. Conclusions and Implications for Future Research No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. References No access
5. 1. Feminist Rhetorical Criticism No access
  2. 1. Problematic Good/Bad Binary and the Mother-Blaming Stereotype No access
  3. 1. Reframing the “Bad” Mother through Generating Multiple Perspectives No access
    2. Initial Frame: Beatrice, the “Bad” Mother No access
    3. Generating Multiple Perspectives No access
    4. Shifting the “Bad” Mother Frame No access
    5. Challenging the “Mother-blaming” Stereotype through Resourcement No access
  4. 1. Animating the Nuances of “Bad” Motherhood No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
1. 1. 1. Racism, Black Lives Matter, and COVID-19, Meet Karen No access
    2. Sexism and Karen No access
  2. Method No access
  3. The Artifacts No access
  4. Procedures No access
  5. 1. 1. Impatient and Angry No access
      2. Entitled and Obnoxious No access
      3. Embarrassing to Their Children No access
      4. Abusive to Others No access
    2. Uncovering Semantic Themes—Where Is Karen “Bad”? No access
  6. 1. Uncovering Latent Themes—Karen, The Monstrous Mom No access
    2. Uncovering Latent Themes—Karen Deserves to Be Humiliated (Usually through Social Media) and/or Medicated No access
  7. 1. RQ1: How Does Online Discourse That Frames Mothers as Karens Define Inappropriate Behavior? No access
    2. RQ2: What Ideologies of Motherhood Are Appropriated through Applying Karen Labels to Silence Women as “Bad Moms”? No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. References No access
2. 1. Ideological Criticism No access
  2. 1. Home as the Appropriate and Desired Place for Unpaid Caregiving No access
    2. Rhetorically Constructed Characters: Singular Female Family Member No access
    3. Long-Term Caregivers No access
  3. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research: Advancing a Rhetoric of Domestic Responsibility No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
3. 1. Female Faculty in Academic Workplaces No access
  2. 1. Procedures No access
    2. Description of Interviewees No access
  3. 1. Procedure for Coding No access
  4. 1. 1. Teaching Is Personal No access
      2. Teaching Includes Emotional Labor (for Female Faculty) No access
      3. Teaching Includes Actively Negotiating Boundaries (for Female Faculty) No access
    2. 1. Justification 1: Past and Present Identities No access
      2. Justification 2: Filling Needs for Students No access
      3. Justification 3: Receiving Positive Feedback from Students No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  7. References No access
4. 1. 1. Identity Regulation and Identity Work No access
    2. Gender Identity as Organizational Performance No access
    3. Research Questions No access
  2. 1. Procedures No access
    2. Demographic Information No access
    3. Analytical Techniques No access
    4. Quantitative Content Analysis No access
    5. Qualitative Thematic Analysis No access
    6. 1. RQ1: Which Identity Regulation Practices Are Perceived as Being Most Often Used to Regulate the Identities of Mothers in the Workplace? No access
      2. RQ2: Are There Discernable Patterns in the Identity Regulation Strategies Perceived as Being Employed by Organizational Leaders? No access
      3. RQ3: What Identity Work Is Performed by the Mothers? No access
      4. RQ4: Do Mothers Exhibit Discernable Patterns in Their Identity Work Responses? No access
    7. 1. Theme One: Do More for Less/Nothing No access
      2. Themes Two and Four: Work Should Be First and Family Is First No access
      3. Theme Three: Independence and Autonomy No access
      4. Theme Five: Mother Guilt No access
  3. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  4. Appendix: Participant Information No access
  5. References No access
5. 1. Method No access
  2. 1. Reflections on the Judgeship Role No access
    2. Family, Children/Motherhood, and Husband No access
    3. Friends No access
    4. Religion/God No access
    5. Sexism/Misogyny No access
    6. Bias/Prejudice (Including Racism) No access
  3. Identifying the Objective of the Narratives No access
  4. Features of the Narrative No access
  5. Ideological Underpinnings No access
  6. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  7. Note No access
  8. References No access
6. 1. 1. Definition Analysis No access
  2. Artifacts No access
  3. 1. First Lady Rhetoric No access
    2. The Rhetor: Michelle Obama No access
    3. The Artifacts: Michelle Obama and the Let’s Move! Campaign No access
    4. Scholarly Attention: Michelle Obama and Let’s Move! No access
  4. Analysis No access
  5. Discussion No access
  6. Conclusion and Implications for Future Research No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. References No access
7. 1. Setting the Stage No access
  2. Breaking Glass Ceilings No access
  3. Method No access
  4. 1. Themes 1 and 2: We All Want “Something Better for Our Kids” and “Family Is Important” No access
    2. Themes 3, 4, and 5: “Education of Children Is Important,” “The Status Quo Is Harming Children,” and “Parents Are Struggling” No access
    3. Theme 6: “The Democratic Party and Specifically Joseph Biden Cares about Children” No access
    4. Themes 7 and 8: “Identity as Mothers, Wives, Daughters” and “Roles as Mothers and Caregivers” No access
  5. Disrupting Hegemony No access
  6. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research No access
  7. Does This “Change” Anything? No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. References No access
1. Notes No access
2. References No access
Index No access Pages 253 - 260
About the Contributors No access Pages 261 - 262