Maternalism reconsidered [[electronic resource] ] : motherhood, welfare and social policy in the twentieth century / / edited by Marian van der Klein ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.874/3
• Soggetto topico: Motherhood - History - 20th century; Mothers - History - 20th century; Social policy - History - 20th century; Public welfare - History - 20th century
• Altri autori: KleinMarian van der
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Rebecca Jo Plant and Marian van der Klein -- Beyond maternalism / Sonya Michel -- The state, the women's movement and maternity insurance, 1900-1930 : a Dutch maternalism? / Marian van der Klein -- Mobilising mothers in the nation's service : civic culture in France's familial welfare state, 1890-1914 / Lori R. Weintrob -- Speaking on behalf of others : Dutch social workers and the problem of maternalist condescension / Berteke Waaldijk -- 'Respectable citizens of Canada' : gender and the welfare state in the Great Depression / Lara Campbell -- The gold star mothers pilgrimages : patriotic maternalists and their critics in the interwar U.S. / Rebecca Jo Plant -- Protecting mothers in order to protect children : maternalism and the 1935 Pan-American Child Congress / Nichole Sanders -- Maternal and child welfare, state policy and women's philanthropic activities in Brazil, 1930-45 / Maria Lucia Mott -- Maternalism in a paternalist state : the national organization for the protection of motherhood and infancy in fascist Italy / Elisabetta Vezzosi -- Maternalism, Soviet-style : the working 'mothers with many children' in postwar Western Ukraine / Yoshie Mitsuyoshi -- Infant-maternity health and nutritional programmes in Argentina : maternalism without maternalists? / Alma Idiart -- Afterword : maternalism today / Rebecca Jo Plant.
• Sommario/riassunto: Beginning in the late 19th century, competing ideas about motherhood had a profound impact on the development and implementation of social welfare policies. Calls for programmes aimed at assisting and directing mothers emanated from all quarters of the globe, advanced by states and voluntary organizations, liberals and conservatives, feminists and anti-feminists - a phenomenon that scholars have since termed 'maternalism'. This volume reassesses maternalism by providing critical reflections on prior usages of the concept, and by expanding its meaning to encompass geographical areas, political
• Titolo autorizzato: Maternalism reconsidered
• ISBN: 1-280-49662-2; 9786613591852; 0-85745-467-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779173303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International studies in social history ; ; v. 20.