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_aLynda R. Ross _4auth |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aInterrogating Motherhood |
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_bAthabasca University Press _c2016 |
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| 300 | _a1 electronic resource (173 p.) | ||
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| 520 | _aIt has been four decades since the publication of Adrienne Rich’s <em>Of Woman Born</em> but her analysis of maternity and the archetypal Mother remains a powerful critique, as relevant today as it was at the time of writing. It was Rich who first defined the term “motherhood” as referent to a patriarchal institution that was male-defined, male controlled, and oppressive to women. To empower women, Rich proposed the use of the word “mothering”: a word intended to be female-defined. It is between these two ideas—that of a patriarchal history and a feminist future—that the introductory text, <em>Interrogating Motherhood</em>, begins. Ross explores the topic of mothering from the perspective of Western society and encourages students and readers to identify and critique the historical, social, and political contexts in which mothers are understood. By examining popular culture, employment, public policy, poverty, “other” mothers, and mental health, Interrogating Motherhood describes the fluid and shifting nature of the practice of mothering and the complex realities that definecontemporary women’s lives. | ||
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| 653 | _aAdrienne Rich | ||
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| 653 | _afeminist | ||
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