Description |
1 online resource (297 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Motherhood.
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Motherhood. |
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Mother and child.
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Mother and child. |
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Security (Psychology) in children.
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Security (Psychology) in children. |
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Security (Psychology)
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Security (Psychology) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Motherhood. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Villalobos, Ana. Motherload. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014 9780520278097 |
ISBN |
9780520959729 (electronic book) |
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0520959728 (electronic book) |
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9780520278097 |
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0520278097 |
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9780520278103 |
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0520278100 |
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