LEADER 02659nam 2200529 450 001 9910162768603321 005 20220418230155.0 010 $a1-77199-144-5 010 $a1-77199-145-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000001042687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4793206 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/50554 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wtn4t6 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001042687 100 $a20170213h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aInterrogating motherhood /$fLynda R. Ross 210 $cAthabasca University Press$d2016 210 1$aEdmonton, [Alberta] :$cAU Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (174 pages) 225 1 $aOPEL - Open Paths to Enriched Learning 311 $a1-77199-143-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aIt has been four decades since the publication of Adrienne Rich?s Of Woman Born but her analysis of maternity and the archetypal Mother remains a powerful critique, as relevant today as it was at the time of writing. It was Rich who first defined the term ?motherhood? as referent to a patriarchal institution that was male-defined, male controlled, and oppressive to women. To empower women, Rich proposed the use of the word ?mothering?: a word intended to be female-defined. It is between these two ideas?that of a patriarchal history and a feminist future?that the introductory text, Interrogating Motherhood, begins. Ross explores the topic of mothering from the perspective of Western society and encourages students and readers to identify and critique the historical, social, and political contexts in which mothers are understood. By examining popular culture, employment, public policy, poverty, ?other? mothers, and mental health, Interrogating Motherhood describes the fluid and shifting nature of the practice of mothering and the complex realities that definecontemporary women?s lives. 410 0$aOpen paths to enriched learning. 606 $aMotherhood$xSocial aspects 610 $aAdrienne Rich 610 $awelfare state 610 $aworking mothers 610 $aother mothers 610 $amothering 610 $afeminist 615 0$aMotherhood$xSocial aspects. 676 $a306.8743 700 $aRoss$b Lynda R.$0863628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162768603321 996 $aInterrogating motherhood$91927582 997 $aUNINA