Reassembling Motherhood - Procreation and Care in a Globalized World

Reassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to consider the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe, emphasizing the limits imposed by race, class, and inequality.

Summary

Reassembling Motherhood brings together contributors from across the disciplines to consider the transformation of motherhood as both an identity and a role. It examines how bearing and rearing a child are being restructured as reproductive labor and care work change around the globe, emphasizing the limits imposed by race, class, and inequality.

Product details

• Authors: Yasmine Ergas, Yasmine Jenson Ergas, Jane Michel Jenson
• Assisted by: Yasmine Ergas (Editor), Jane Jenson (Editor), Jenson Jane (Editor), Sonya Michel (Editor), Michel Sonya (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780231170505
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17050-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social welfare & social services, Sociology: family & relationships, Social welfare and social services, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies