Marginalised Mothers - Exploring Working Class Experiences of Parenting

Informationen zum Autor Val Gillies is a Senior Research Fellow in the Families and Social Capital Group at London South Bank University. Klappentext Provides an insight into the lived experience of mothers who are the focus of public concern and intervention! yet all too often have their voices and experiences overlooked. This book also explores how they make sense of their lives with their children and families! and position themselves within a context of inequality and vulnerability. Zusammenfassung Providing a detailed insight into the lived experience of mothers who are so often the focus of public concern and intervention, Val Gillies focuses specifically on these working class mothers and their opportunities and choices, challenging common assumptions about ‘good parenting’. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Marginalised Mothers: Representations and Research 2. Re-Framing Class: Exploring the Dimensions of Disadvantage 3. Mothering and Material Struggle 4. Class! Subjectivity and Motherhood 5. Challenging from the Margins: Managing Institutional Frameworks 6. Working Class Mothering: Strengths and Values 7. Situating Understandings of Mothering: Issues and Implications

Product details

• Authors: Val Gillies, Val (London South Bank University Gillies, Gillies Val
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780415376358
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37635-8
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Relationships and Resources; Relationships and Resources
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology