Mothering, Time, and Antimaternalism - Motherhood Under Duress in the United States, 1920-1960

The book aims to broaden understanding of the diverse positions and meanings of motherhood by investigating understudied and marginalized mothers (rural itinerant, African American, and Irish Catholic American) between 1920 and 1960.

List of contents

Introduction, 1 Alarm Clocks in the Soul: Scientific Motherhood, Temporal Regulation, and Antimaternalism, 2 A Pro-Maternal Narrative and Archive: Dorothea Lange’s Photographs of Rural Mothers, 3 Reclaiming Maternity: African-American Mothers and Maternal Grief as a Counter-Narrative, 4 Herself: Irish-American Catholic Mothers, Maternal Power, and Antimaternalism, 5 Antimaternalism and the Work of Care: How is this Showing Up Today?

About the author

Mary K. Trigg is Associate Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Rutgers University

Summary

The book aims to broaden understanding of the diverse positions and meanings of motherhood by investigating understudied and marginalized mothers (rural itinerant, African American, and Irish Catholic American) between 1920 and 1960.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Trigg, Mary (Rutgers University Trigg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032369693
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236969-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Interdisciplinary Research in Motherhood
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Family & relationships, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues