Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering : Life Choices, Identities and Methods.

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What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. Considering self-care, rapport, trust and self-reflection, the collection advances methodological practice in the stud...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : POLICY PRESS, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motherhood.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering: Life Choices, Identities and Methods
  • Copyright information
  • Table of Contents
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction Biographical approaches to mothering: identities and lived realities
  • Exploring the multidimensionality of mothering
  • Complexity of everyday mothering practices
  • Beyond static definitions of mothering
  • Mothering as practice and process
  • Mothering identities and processes of self-identification
  • The complexity of non-normative mothering cultures in global contexts
  • Mothering and non-mothering, individualism and life choices
  • Biographical approaches to mothering and research on mothers' lives
  • Further reading
  • References
  • 1 Becoming and being a Polish mother: narratives on the motherhood experience
  • Introduction
  • The ideal of the Polish Mother: the archetype of Polish womanhood
  • The 'socialist' Polish mother
  • Gender socialisation conditions: the Polish context
  • Pluralism of motherhood experiences and models
  • The current study
  • Methods
  • Findings
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 'A good mother is a good mother and a good wife': gender politics and mothering practice among older Iranian Muslim women
  • Introduction
  • Iran and mothering practice
  • Analytical framework
  • Methods
  • Findings
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Exploration of mothering and shifting identities in Kenya
  • Introduction
  • Social mothering: exploring the communal and relational world of mothers
  • Methods
  • Reconstructing childhood: creating boundaries and understanding the self
  • Creating boundaries
  • Social mothering in informal urban environments
  • Situated stability in Melodi's narrative: 1990-2005
  • Turning points: social mothering put to the test
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Biographies of Roma mothering in contemporary Czechia: exploring tapestries of multi-ethnic gendered identity in a marginalised social position
  • Introduction
  • Biographical perspectives on mothering
  • Research, data set and analytical procedure
  • Findings
  • Exemplary biographical profiles of Czech Roma mothers
  • Motherhood as care: the inseparability of mother and child
  • Weaving a tapestry of mothering through gender, ethnic and economic constraints
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • 5 Identities and life choices of mothers in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in England
  • Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Procedures and participants
  • Findings
  • "The other side of the street does not know how we feel"
  • Mothering and life choices
  • Responses to societal expectations
  • Mothers' hard decisions for the sake of the children's future
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References

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