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
Otros Autores: Barash, Carol, Greenfield, Susan C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motherhood > Political aspects.
Motherhood in literature.
Motherhood.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
mothers.
politics.
sociology.
social psychology.
humanities.
social sciences.
Meres.
Politique.
Sociologie.
Psychologie sociale.
Sciences humaines.
Familles.
Parents.
Sciences sociales.
Litterature.
Maternite dans la litterature.
Maternite > Aspect politique.
Maternite > Histoire.
Mothers
Politics
Literature, Modern
Psychiatry and Psychology.
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
Sociology
Psychology, Social
Named Groups.
Family
Persons.
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena.
Humanities
Nuclear Family
Parents
Social Sciences
Literature
Mothers.
Politics, Practical.
Sociology.
Social psychology.
Humanities.
Social sciences.
Motherhood > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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 (256 pages).
ISBN:9780813158983

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