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Paradox Of Natural Mothering
Chris Bobel
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Description for Paradox Of Natural Mothering
paperback. Single or married, working mothers are, if not the norm, no longer exceptional. This title features women who have renounced consumerism and careerism in order to reclaim home and family. It profiles some thirty natural mothers, probing into their choices and asking whether they are reforming or conforming to women's traditional role. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; VFXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 277.
Single or married, working mothers are, if not the norm, no longer exceptional. These days, women who stay at home to raise their children seem to be making a radical lifestyle choice. Indeed, the women at the center of The Paradox of Natural Mothering have renounced consumerism and careerism in order to reclaim home and family. These natural mothers favor parenting practices that set them apart from the mainstream: home birth, extended breast feeding, home schooling and natural health care. Regarding themselves as part of a movement, natural mothers believe they are changing society one child, one family at a ... Read more
Single or married, working mothers are, if not the norm, no longer exceptional. These days, women who stay at home to raise their children seem to be making a radical lifestyle choice. Indeed, the women at the center of The Paradox of Natural Mothering have renounced consumerism and careerism in order to reclaim home and family. These natural mothers favor parenting practices that set them apart from the mainstream: home birth, extended breast feeding, home schooling and natural health care. Regarding themselves as part of a movement, natural mothers believe they are changing society one child, one family at a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566399074
SKU
V9781566399074
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About Chris Bobel
Chris Bobel is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Reviews for Paradox Of Natural Mothering
"Motherhood in America is a paradox-sentimentalized-devalued at once. The 'natural mothers' Bobel researched show us not just their particular resolutions of the paradox, but clarify the larger problems of mothering in this difficult world. Bobel has made a wonderful contribution to our understanding of American motherhood in all its forms." -Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology, CUNY and author of ... Read more