Mothers Work - Confronting the Mommy Wars, Raising Children, and Working for Social

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

List of contents

Chapter One: The Mommy Wars: An Imaginary Battle over Mothers(') Work

Chapter Two: Listening to Their Side of the Story: Introducing the Moms

Chapter Three: Mothers Work: Nostalgia, Language, and the Myth of Eating Bon Bons

Chapter Four: The Dreaded Question: So What Do You Do? Stay-at-home Moms, the Issue of Identity, and the Decision to Stay Home

Chapter Five: Supermoms, Daycare, and Family Friendly Policies: Full-time Working Mothers

Chapter Six: The Best of Both Worlds? Part-time Working Moms

Chapter Seven: Moving Forward: Mothers as Agents of Social Change

About the author

Michelle Napierski-Prancl is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of History and Society at Russell Sage College.

Summary

Through a series of focus group interviews and an analysis of the media and popular culture, Mothers Work explores the institution of motherhood and the arenas in which mothering occurs while analyzing how mothers feel about themselves, each other, and the culture that situates them against one another.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle Napierski-Prancl
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781498514590
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1459-0
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Lexington Studies in Communica; Lexington Studies in Communication and Storytelling
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Childrearing, Family, feminism, feminist studies, Focus Groups, gender and family, Mommy Wars, Moms, Motherhood, Mothering, sociology of family, Work, Work and Family, Working moms, Working mothers