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The mommy myth : the idealization of motherhood and how it has undermined women / Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Free Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0743259998
  • 9780743259996
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.87430973 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ759 .D67 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The New Momism -- 1. Revolt Against the MRS -- 2. Mouthing Off to Dr. Spock -- 3. Threats from Without: Satanism, Abduction, and Other Media Panics -- 4. Attack of the Celebrity Moms -- 5. Threats from Within: Maternal Delinquents -- 6. The War Against Welfare Mothers -- 7. The "Mommy Wars" -- 8. Dumb Men, Stupid Choices - or Why We Have No Childcare -- 9. Moms "R" Us -- 10. Dr. Laura's Neighborhood: Baby Wearing, Nanny Cams, and the Triumph of the New Momism -- Epilogue: Exorcising the New Momism.
Review: "The Mommy Myth takes a provocative tour through the past thirty years of media images about mothers: the superficial achievements of the celebrity mom, the news media's sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the staging of the "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and the onslaught of values-based marketing that raises mothering standards to impossible levels, just to name a few. In concert with this messaging, the authors contend, is a conservative backwater of talking heads propagating the myth of the modern mom."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index.

Introduction: The New Momism -- 1. Revolt Against the MRS -- 2. Mouthing Off to Dr. Spock -- 3. Threats from Without: Satanism, Abduction, and Other Media Panics -- 4. Attack of the Celebrity Moms -- 5. Threats from Within: Maternal Delinquents -- 6. The War Against Welfare Mothers -- 7. The "Mommy Wars" -- 8. Dumb Men, Stupid Choices - or Why We Have No Childcare -- 9. Moms "R" Us -- 10. Dr. Laura's Neighborhood: Baby Wearing, Nanny Cams, and the Triumph of the New Momism -- Epilogue: Exorcising the New Momism.

"The Mommy Myth takes a provocative tour through the past thirty years of media images about mothers: the superficial achievements of the celebrity mom, the news media's sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the staging of the "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and the onslaught of values-based marketing that raises mothering standards to impossible levels, just to name a few. In concert with this messaging, the authors contend, is a conservative backwater of talking heads propagating the myth of the modern mom."--BOOK JACKET.

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