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Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant.

By: Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.Description: xii, 250 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226670201 (alk. paper)
  • 0226670201 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.874/3 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .P564 2010
Contents:
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.

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.

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