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The Demands of Motherhood Agents, Roles and Recognition

The Demands of Motherhood Agents, Roles and Recognition

Description

Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope.

Keywords

Social ScienceSociologyMarriage & FamilyGender StudiesPolitical SciencePublic PolicySocial PolicyPsychologyPhilosophyMind & BodySocial Services & WelfareWomen's Studies

2012Book

Author(s)Lisa Smyth

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230579309

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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