Description |
xxi, 343 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) and index. |
Contents |
ch. 1. Motherhood and feminism -- Narrative a : a mother's story / Alix Kates Shulman -- Narrative b : a mother's story / Joy Harjo -- ch. 2. "Good" mothers and "bad" mothers -- Narrative c : investing in the future / Jillynn Stevens -- Narrative d : on being the "bad" mother of an autistic child / Jane Taylor McDonnell -- ch. 3. The institution and experience of motherhood -- Narrative e : she's leaving home / Sylvia Pashkin -- Narrative f : reflections of a feminist mom / Jeannine O. Howitz -- ch. 4. Fatherlessness, men, and mothering -- Narrative g : parenting in transition / Scott Coltrane -- Narrative h : the materiality of theory / R.W. Connell -- Narrative i : a geometry of lilies / Steven Harvey -- ch. 5. Mothers, sexuality, and Eros -- Narrative j : mother and child : the erotic bond / Lynda Marín -- ch. 6. Pregnancy and childbirth -- Narrative k : childbirth with power / Barbara Katz Rothman -- Narrative l : childbirth with fear / Kathryn S. March -- ch. 7. Family making and reproductive technologies -- Narrative m : adoption rights and reproductive wrongs / Elizabeth Bartholet -- Narrative n : a tale of scientific pregnancy / Lila Abu-Lughod -- ch. 8. Mothers and children over the life course -- Narrative o : I am a feminist / Rachel Clift -- Narrative p : thinking about Jennifer / Barbara Hillyer -- Narrative q : I am my mother's keeper / Judy Dothard Simmons -- ch. 9. Othermothering -- Narrative r : the Godmother network / Elena Featherston -- Narrative s : "Why do white people have vaginas?" / Maureen T. Reddy -- ch. 10. Mothering as political action -- Narrative t : statement to the court / Martha Boesing -- Narrative u : sometimes the road gets lonely / Dollie Burwell. |
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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Feminism.
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Feminism. |
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Maternité. |
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Mère et enfant. |
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Féminisme. |
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Motherhood. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
Added Author |
Rogers, Mary F. (Mary Frances), 1944-
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ISBN |
0813528763 paperback |
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0813528755 cloth |
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