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Author Villalobos, Ana, 1965-

Title Motherload : Making It All Better in Insecure Times.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover; Motherload; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; PART I CONNECTION; 2. Shielding and Antidote Strategies: Mothering that Saves the Child; 3. Compensatory Connection Strategy: Mothering that Saves the Mother; 4. Light-Motherload Connection: Love without Saving; PART II INDEPENDENCE; 5. Inoculation Strategy: Punching Back at Fear; 6. Friendship Strategy: Punching Back at Responsibility; 7. Light-Motherload Independence: Mothering without the Ordeal; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A: Research Participants; Appendix B: Research Methods; Notes.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews with and observations of mothers-single or married, but all experiencing varying forms of insecurity in their lives-Villalobos finds that mothers over.
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Subject Motherhood.
Motherhood.
Mother and child.
Mother and child.
Security (Psychology) in children.
Security (Psychology) in children.
Security (Psychology)
Security (Psychology)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Motherhood.
Other Form: Print version: Villalobos, Ana. Motherload. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014 9780520278097
ISBN 9780520959729 (electronic book)
0520959728 (electronic book)
9780520278097
0520278097
9780520278103
0520278100