Inventing maternity : politics, science, and literature, 1650-1865 /

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Not until the eighteenth century was the image of the tender, full-time mother invented. This image retains its power today. Inventing Maternity demonstrates that, despite its association with an increasingly standardized set of values, motherhood remained contested terrain. Drawing on feminist, cul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Greenfield, Susan C., Barash, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Temas:
Motherhood > History.
Motherhood > Political aspects.
Motherhood in literature.
Social sciences.
Parents.
Humanities.
Social psychology.
Sociology.
Politics, Practical.
Mothers.
Literature
Social Sciences
Parents
Nuclear Family
Humanities
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Persons
Family
Named Groups
Psychology, Social
Sociology
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Psychiatry and Psychology
Literature, Modern
Politics
Mothers
Maternité > Histoire.
Maternité > Aspect politique.
Maternité dans la littérature.
Littérature.
Sciences sociales.
Familles.
Sciences humaines.
Psychologie sociale.
Sociologie.
Politique.
Mères.
social sciences.
humanities.
social psychology.
sociology.
politics.
mothers.
parents.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Social sciences
Social psychology
Politics, Practical
Motherhood
Motherhood in literature
Motherhood > Political aspects
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Not until the eighteenth century was the image of the tender, full-time mother invented. This image retains its power today. Inventing Maternity demonstrates that, despite its association with an increasingly standardized set of values, motherhood remained contested terrain. Drawing on feminist, cultural, and postcolonial theory, Inventing Maternity surveys a wide range of sources--medical texts, political tracts, religious doctrine, poems, novels, slave narratives, conduct books, and cookbooks. The first half of the volume, covering the mid-seventeenth to the late eighteenth centuries, consid.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:9780813158983
0813158982
1322597553
9781322597553
0813120780
9780813120782

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