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The motherhood business : consumption, communication, and privilege / edited by Anne Teresa Demo, Jennifer L. Borda, Charlotte Kroløkke.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Demo, Anne Teresa, 1968- editor.
Borda, Jennifer L., 1973- editor.
Kroløkke, Charlotte, editor.
Series:
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Motherhood--Economic aspects.
Motherhood.
Mothers.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Consumption (Economics).
Physical Description:
viii, 288 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Summary:
The essays in The Motherhood Business examine how consumer culture both constrains and empowers contemporary motherhood the collection demonstrates that the logic of consumers and entrepreneurship his redefined both the experience of mothering and the marketplace. Book jacket.
Contents:
1 The Golden Egg: The Business of Making Mothers through Egg Donation / Charlotte Krolokke Krolokke, Charlotte 28
2 Race(ing) to the Baby Market: The Political Economy of Overcoming Infertility / K. Animashaun Ducre Ducre, K. Animashaun 52
3 A Baby "Made in India": Motherhood, Consumerism, and Privilege in Transnational Surrogacy / Karen Hvidtfeldt Madsen Madsen, Karen Hvidtfeldt 76
4 "We Were Introduced to Foods I Never Even Heard of": Parents as Consumers on Reality Television / Cynthia Gordon Gordon, Cynthia 95
5 Cultivating Community within the Commercial Marketplace: Blurred Boundaries in the "Mommy" Blogosphere / Jennifer L. Borda Borda, Jennifer L. 121
6 Mompreneurs: Homemade Organic Baby Food and the Commodification of Intensive Mothering / Kara N. Dillard Dillard, Kara N. 151
7 Maternal Crime in a Cathedral of Consumption / Sara Hayden Hayden, Sara 175
8 "Don't Worry, Mama Will Fix It!": Playing with the Mama Myth in Video Games / Shira Chess Chess, Shira 197
9 Motherhood and the Necessity of Invention: The Possibilities of Play in a Culture of Consumption / Christine Harold Harold, Christine 216
10 Choosing to Consume: Race, Education, and the School Voucher Debate / Lisa A. Flores Flores, Lisa A. 243.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780817318901
0817318909
OCLC:
907621741

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