Mothering and motherhood A decade review

Mothering and motherhood

A decade review

Arendell

Teresa

Arendell, Teresa

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University of California, Berkeley

Center for Working Families

University of California, Berkeley. Center for Working Families

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Berkeley, CA Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley 1999 1999 monographic

Berkeley, CA

Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley

1999

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Mothering and motherhood are the subjects of a rapidly expanding body of literature. Considered in this decade review are two predominant streams in this work. One is the theorizing of mothering and motherhood and the other is the empirical study of the mothering experience. Conceptual developments have been propelled particularly by feminist scholarship, including the increasing attention to racial ethnic diversity and practices. The conceptualizations of the ideology of intensive mothering and of maternal practice are among the significant contributions. Study of mothering has focused attention on a wide array of specific topics and relationships among variables, including, issues of maternal well-being, maternal satisfaction, and mothers' employment.

Teresa Arendell is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Working Families and Professor of Sociology at Colby College, Waterville, Maine.

Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper No. 3

Berkeley Center for Working Families Working Paper

No. 3

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