Stay-at-home mothers : dialogues and debates / edited by Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Gayle Letherby.

Other author Letherby, Gayle editor.
Other author Reid Boyd, Elizabeth, 1968- editor.
Format Book
PublicationBradford, Ontario : Demeter Press, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionix, 322 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Stay-at-home mothers.

Contents Introduction Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Gayle Letherby -- Section I: The mommy wars: communiques across the barricades -- So, what do you do? an exploration of the experience of highly educated stat-at-home mothers Stacey E. Rubin -- Maternal ambivalence: breastfeeding mothers' attempts to resolve the conflicting desire to be close to children and to fulfill western conceptualizations of self worth and equality Keren Epstein-Gilboa -- Navigating the narrow pass of motherhood Lisa Carley Hotaling -- Are "mommy wars" real? Brianne Janacek Reeber and Paula J. Caplan -- Section II: On the home front: national perspectives -- Staying at home: low-income mothers in rural America Ann Allgood Berry, Yoshie Sano, Mary Jo Katras and Jaerim Lee -- Stay at home Jewish mothers: A Jewish-Israeli perspective Darya Maoz -- Young mothers in the UK: push and pull factors relating to choices to stay at home or not Geraldine Brown, Geraldline Brady and Gayle Letherby -- Mothering from a Caribbean perspective: challenges, determination, and survival Janet M. Haynes -- Mediating the mommy wars in contemporary Germany Valerie Hefferman -- Integrating choices: 'being there for my children' and 'being a citizen worker': Irish survey on stay-at-home mothers Noelia Molina -- The mommy curve: stay-at-home mothers in Australia Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Ann-Claire Larsen -- Section III: New angels and old demons: manifestations of mothers at home -- Cyber-mothers: mothers at home, online Pamela Weatherill -- Are stay-at-home mothers really at home? U.S. mothers' volunteer work in schools Beth Anne Shelton and Rebecca Deen -- Eco-momma: the green angel in the house Pamela Morgan Redela -- Smart women, different choices: college-educated women with children negotiating work and family Dianna Shandy and Karine Moe -- "But she was a nanny"... with accompanying eye roll-considering mother work with a live-in caregiver Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich -- 'Quiet desperation': the 'retreat' and recuperation of the housewife and stay-at-home mother on popular television Anna Marie Bautista -- Making it work Catherine Fournier -- The day after, and the day after that: reflections on keeping your options open Kathryn Clarke -- Section IV: When the war is over: re-imagining stay-at-home mothering -- How alternative mothering is transforming American stay-at-home motherhood Hallie Palladino -- It's time to move beyond the "mommy wars" Solveig Brown -- Seeing themselves: stay-at-home mothers reject stigma Hester Vair -- Motherhood as an act of personal and social co-creation Tara Ulbrich -- The free gift: how U.S. stay-at-home mothers sustain themselves in a culture of nonreciprocity Ana Villalobos -- Conclusion: caring choices Elizabeth Reid Boyd and Gayle Letherby.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2014432457
ISBN9781927335444 (pbk.)
ISBN1927335442 (pbk.)

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