Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America /
Plant, Rebecca Jo, 1968-
Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - xii, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Debunking the all-American mom: Philip Wylie's momism critique -- Mothers of the nation: patriotic maternalism and its critics -- Pathologizing mother love: mental health and maternal affectivity -- Banishing the suffering mother: the quest for painless childbirth -- Mother-blaming and the feminine mystique: Betty Friedan and her readers.
9780226670201 (alk. paper) 0226670201 (alk. paper)
2009035339
Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971 --Criticism and interpretation.
Friedan, Betty--Criticism and interpretation.
307.76--United States.
Motherhood in popular culture--United States.
HQ759 / .P564 2010
306.874/3
Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - xii, 250 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Debunking the all-American mom: Philip Wylie's momism critique -- Mothers of the nation: patriotic maternalism and its critics -- Pathologizing mother love: mental health and maternal affectivity -- Banishing the suffering mother: the quest for painless childbirth -- Mother-blaming and the feminine mystique: Betty Friedan and her readers.
9780226670201 (alk. paper) 0226670201 (alk. paper)
2009035339
Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971 --Criticism and interpretation.
Friedan, Betty--Criticism and interpretation.
307.76--United States.
Motherhood in popular culture--United States.
HQ759 / .P564 2010
306.874/3