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Title Unbecoming mothers : the social production of maternal absence / Diana L. Gustafson, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Haworth Clinical Practice Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 256 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Haworth marriage and family therapy
Haworth marriage and family therapy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Framing the discussion / Diana L. Gustafson -- Social construction of maternal absence / Diana L. Gustafson -- Abject mothers : women separated from their babies lost to adoption / Patricia D. Farrar -- Clarifying choice : identity, trauma, and motherhood / Linda L. Anderson -- Sandy's story : re-storying the self / Lekkie Hopkins -- "Forsaking their children" : distance, community, and unbecoming Quaker mothers, 1650-1700 / Susanna Calkins -- Unnatural mothers : lone mothers and the practice of child rescue, 1901-1930 / Robert Adamoski -- Missing mothers in a mother-centered world : adolescent girls growing up in kinship care / Deborah Connolly Youngblood -- Looking promising : contradictions and challenges for young mothers in care / Marilyn Callahan [and others] -- Leaving to grow/inspiration to grow/leaving inspiration / Gill Wright Miller -- Perspectives of substance-using women and human service practitioners : reflections from the margins / Deborah Rutman [and others].
Summary "In a society where becoming a mother is naturalized, "unbecoming" a mother - the process of coming to live apart from biological children - is regarded as unnatural, improper, or even contemptible, Few mothers are more stigmatized than those who are perceived as having given up, surrendered, or abandoned their birth children. Unbecoming Mothers: The Social Production of Maternal Absence examines this phenomenon within the social and historical context of parenting in Canada, Australia, Britain, and the United States, with critical observations from social workers, policymakers, and historians. This unique book offers insights from the perspectives of children on the outside looking in and the lived experiences of women on the inside looking out."--Jacket.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Subject Absentee mothers.
Absentee mothers.
Motherhood.
Motherhood.
Mothers -- psychology.
Maternal Deprivation.
Psychology, Social.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Motherhood.
Added Author Gustafson, Diana L.
Other Form: Print version: Unbecoming mothers 0789024527 (DLC) 2004016529 (OCoLC)55962202
ISBN 9781135426583 (electronic book)
1135426589 (electronic book)
0789024527
9780789024527
0789024535
9780789024534