Argues that expectations for mothering include a new core principle of'body work.'
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: new and changing celebrity mom profiles: theoretical grounding and interdisciplinary rhetorical approach and method -- Contemporary motherhood at the epicenter of intersecting cultural changes: the neoliberal and post-second wave turns -- Step one: becoming first-time mothers: slender-pregnant celebrity mom profiles -- Step two: being bikini-ready moms: postpartum celebrity mom profiles -- Consequences, rules, and conclusions about bikini-ready moms -- Resisting being bikini-ready moms: five strategies of resistance.
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