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200 14$aThe paradox of natural mothering$b[electronic resource] /$fChris Bobel
210   $aPhiladelphia, Pa. $cTemple University Press$d2002
215   $a1 online resource (241 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (207-216) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aSingle 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 one
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