Paradox Of Natural Mothering
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (976 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566399076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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This work profiles 30 natural mothers, probing into their choices and asking whether they are reforming or conforming to women's traditional role. Single or married, working mothers are, if not the norm, no longer exceptional. These natural mothers favour parenting practices that set them apart from the mainstream: home birth, extended breast feeding, home schooling, and natural health care. It illuminates the paradoxes of natural mothering, the ways in which these women resist the trappings of upward mobility but acquiesce to a kind of biological determinism and conventional gender scripts.. The women in this work have renounced consumerism and careerism in order
Natural Mothering: Subject for Men too! I found this book exceptionally interesting even though I will never be a mother myself because I am a man. Bobel takes the reader into the lives of five women in particular and expresses clearly the benefits and differences in the way mothering has changed and how it is being preserved. I think there is a lot in this book for men and women alike.. Really good book Sandy I am a new mother and have spent a lot of time searching the web for parenting books. I came by this book by chance and ordered it immediately. Although I don't agree with everything the author says, I think she does a really good job of presenting the mothers who she talked to in a really fair way, and the book kept me interested from start to finish. I learned a lot about mothering, and about how the choices I make as a mother affect the rest of the world. It was def. Judy said Great book!. While away with my husband on our first no-child weekend, I devoured this book on the beach. While I found the title confusing, the topics, interviews and general propositions were fascinating and engaging. Also, as a new Mom who struggles with the perennial balance between work, motherhood, and precious and rare time for self and marriage, I found so much of this book to be supportive. Moms are always grappling with the 'right thing to do' and this book carried me a l
Through case studies of five women and interviews with dozens more, Bobel explores (admiringly and critically) how modern women can make seemingly old-fashioned choices to be full-time moms, to home-school their children or to practice alternative medicine. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. From Publishers Weekly Chris Bobel, an associate professor of women's studies at the University of Massachusetts, takes a sociologist's eye and a feminist's heart to her study of a certain kind of parenting in The Paradox of Natural Motherhood