03109nam 2200661 a 450 991078505420332120230607230836.01-282-65844-197866126584401-4399-0526-6(CKB)2670000000030075(EBL)547400(OCoLC)646067914(SSID)ssj0000424856(PQKBManifestationID)11249489(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424856(PQKBWorkID)10474929(PQKB)11535287(MiAaPQ)EBC547400(MdBmJHUP)muse15352(Au-PeEL)EBL547400(CaPaEBR)ebr10397353(CaONFJC)MIL265844(EXLCZ)99267000000003007520010409d2002 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe paradox of natural mothering[electronic resource] /Chris BobelPhiladelphia, Pa. Temple University Press20021 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56639-906-8 1-56639-907-6 Includes bibliographical references (207-216) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Five Women, Five Stories; 2. Female Moral Reform and the Maternal Politics of Accommodation; 3. A Closer Look: The Ideological Components of Natural Mothering; 4. Interrogating the Ideology of Natural Mothering: Choice, Nature, and Inevitability; 5. Resisting Culture, Embracing Nature: Natural Mothering and Control; 6. Natural Mothering: Social Change or Narcissistic Retreat?; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: On Being a (Quasi) Natural Mother Studying Natural Mothers; Notes; References; IndexSingle or married, working mothers are, if not the norm, no longer exceptional. These days, women who stay at home to raise their children seem to be making a radical lifestyle choice. Indeed, the women at the center of The Paradox of Natural Mothering have renounced consumerism and careerism in order to reclaim home and family. These natural mothers favor parenting practices that set them apart from the mainstream: home birth, extended breast feeding, home schooling and natural health care. Regarding themselves as part of a movement, natural mothers believe they are changing society oneMothersUnited StatesAttitudesHomemakersUnited StatesAttitudesAlternative lifestylesUnited StatesChildbirth at homeUnited StatesHome schoolingUnited StatesMothersAttitudes.HomemakersAttitudes.Alternative lifestylesChildbirth at homeHome schooling306.874/3Bobel Chris1963-1508977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785054203321The paradox of natural mothering3787051UNINA