TY  - BOOK
AU  - Douglas,Susan J.
AU  - Michaels,Meredith W.
TI  - The mommy myth: the idealization of motherhood and how it has undermined women 
SN  - 0743259998
AV  - HQ759 .D67 2004
U1  - 306.87430973 22
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Free Press
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - United States
KW  - Mothers
KW  - Women in the mass media industry
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2004299458.html
ER  -