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Title: | The Good Mother | ||
| Sub-title: | Contemporary Motherhoods in Australia | |||
| Edited by: | Susan Goodwin, Kate Huppatz | |||
| ISBN10-13: | 1920899537 : 9781920899530 | |||
| Illustrations: | 2 | |||
| Format: | Paperback | |||
| Size: | 210x14.8mm | |||
| Pages: | 260 | |||
| Weight: | .340 Kg. | |||
| Published: | Sydney University Press - September 2010 | |||
| List Price: | 23.99 Pounds Sterling | |||
| Availability: | In Stock Qty Available: 1 | |||
| Subjects: | Gender studies: women : Sociology: family & relationships | |||
| The Good Mother brings together essays on the contemporary relevance of the 'good mother' in Australia. Although the ideals of the 'good mother' change with time, fashion and context, they persist in public policy, the media, popular culture and workplaces. They place pressure on women to conform to particular standards, against which they are judged and judge themselves.This book captures the diversity of contemporary women's experiences. Chapters address the experiences of executive mothers, mothers working in manual trades, 'yummy mummies' and 'slummy mummies', low income mothers, single mothers, Indigenous mothers, lesbian parents, adoptive mothers and mothers negotiating schools and school choice. The essays demonstrate that while the 'good mother' is no longer exclusively white, heterosexual, economically dependent and child focused, prevailing ideas about mothers and motherhood continue to influence the way 'types' of women are represented and the way that all mothers think, act and present themselves. | ||||
| Table of Contents: | ||||
| Acknowledgements About the authors 1. The good mother in theory and research: an overview  Susan Goodwin and Kate Huppatz 2. Good executive, good mother: contradictory devotions  Colleen Chesterman and Anne Ross-Smith 3. Mother of all constructions: mothers in male-dominated work  Louisa Smith 4. Mothers making class distinctions: the aesthetics of maternity  Susan Goodwin and Kate Huppatz 5. Good mothers go school shopping  Claire Aitchison 6. The good mother and the high school: a view from the 20th century  Helen Proctor 7. Mothers and mutual obligation: policy reforming the good mother  Megan Blaxland 8. Misrepresenting Indigenous mothers: maternity allowances in the media  Leanne Cutcher and Talila Milroy 9. Aboriginal mother yarns  Jane Moore and Lynette Riley 10. Mother impossible: the experiences of lesbian parents  Margot Rawsthorne 11. Being a real mother: adoptive mothers' experiences  Denise Lynch Index |
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