Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plant, Rebecca Jo, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wylie, Philip, 1902-1971--Criticism and interpretation.

Wylie, Philip.

Friedan, Betty--Criticism and interpretation.

Friedan, Betty.

Motherhood--United States.

Motherhood.

Motherhood in popular culture--United States.

Motherhood in popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about "Mother Love," signaling a conception of motherhood as an all-encompassing identity, rooted in self-sacrifice and infused with social and political meaning. By the 1940's, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the nation's mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. In Mom, Rebecca Jo Plant traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Debunking the All-American Mom: Philip Wylie's Momism Critique

2. Mothers of the Nation: Patriotic Maternalism and Its Critics

3. Pathologizing Mother Love: Mental Health and Maternal Affectivity

4. Banishing the Suffering Mother: The Quest for Painless Childbirth

5. Mother-Blaming and The Feminine Mystique : Betty Friedan and Her Readers

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612537714

9781282537712

1282537717

9780226670232

0226670236

OCLC:

593341858