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Author Napierski-Prancl, Michelle, author.

Title Mothers work : confronting the Mommy Wars, raising children, and working for social change / Michelle Napierski-Prancl.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.874309 N162m 2019    ---  Available
Description xi, 165 pages ; 24 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Sociology students lcdgt
Series Lexington studies in communication and storytelling
Lexington studies in communication and storytelling.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index.
Contents The Mommy Wars: an imaginary battle over mothers(') work -- Listening to their side of the story: introducing the moms -- Mothers work: nostalgia, language, and the myth of eating bon bons -- The dreaded question: so what do you do?: stay-at-home moms, the issue of identity, and the decision to stay home -- Supermoms, daycare, and family friendly policies: full-time working mothers -- The best of both worlds? part-time working moms -- Moving forward: mothers as agents of social change.
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.
Subject Motherhood -- United States.
Working mothers -- United States.
Stay-at-home mothers -- United States.
Motherhood. (OCoLC)fst01026907
Stay-at-home mothers. (OCoLC)fst01738684
Working mothers. (OCoLC)fst01180647
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Case studies.
ISBN 1498514596 hardcover
9781498514590 hardcover
9781498514606 (ePub ebook)

 
    
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