Mothers of Adult Children

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard - Contributions by Mirna E. Carranza; Susan Duenke; Nancy Gerber; Trish Green; Tabitha Holmes; Elizabeth Hormann; Sandra Jarvie; Anna Karin Kingston Ph.D.; Elzbieta Korolczuk; Deborah M. Merrill; Alison Nash; Chrissie R Klappentext Mothers of Adult Children elucidates what happens when children come of age and leave home, creating new lives in the realms of work and relationships. This book reveals the problems mothers of adult children face and celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of those who mother through hardship. Zusammenfassung Mothers of Adult Children elucidates what happens when children come of age and leave home! creating new lives in the realms of work and relationships. This book reveals the problems mothers of adult children face and celebrates the outstanding accomplishments of those who mother through hardship. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1 - When Nana becomes a motherChapter 2 - Mad HeartsChapter 3 - Rethinking Salvadorian Mothers' "Suffering" and "Sacrifice" in a Transnational Context: Politics of EngagementChapter 4 - Mothering Adult Daughters in Contemporary Poland: Fluctuating Scripts ofFemininity in Post-Transitional SocietyChapter 5 - Motherhood and the Empty Nest: The Challenges of Letting GoChapter 6 - Prodigal Sons and Daughters? Mothers' Experiences of Adult Children Returning HomeChapter 7 - Mothering Adult Sons Versus Daughters: The Role of the SpouseChapter 8 - Mothering Adult Children With Special Needs: Handing In The UniformChapter 9 - Mothering For Life? Fractured Maternal Narratives, Care and Intellectual DisabilityChapter 10 - An Adult Daughter Lost in AlcoholChapter 11 - Mothering in WarChapter 12 - The Truth Is Never IdealChapter 13 - Mothering Lost and Found Adult ChildrenChapter 14 - Dreaming of Mothering; Waking to Joy and TearsChapter 15 - Rules of Engagement: Grandmothers, Daughters and the Mothering of MothersChapter 16 - GenerationsContributors' Notes...

Product details

• Assisted by: Marguerite Bouvard (Editor), Marguerite Guzman Bouvard (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781498515214
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1521-4
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Age groups: children, Gender studies: women and girls