From here to maternity : becoming a mother / Ann Oakley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oakley, Ann, author.

Series:

Policy Press scholarship online.

Policy Press scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood.

Mothers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2018.

Summary:

Ann Oakley has interviewed sixty women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines, and the challenges for the domestic division of labour to fathers.

Contents:

A Typical ManThe Politics of Housework; A Proper Family; Two's Company; Roles and Identities; 10. Into a Routine; Daily Life; The Meaning of Motherhood; Losing Your L-Plates; It's the Image, Really; Passing the Time; 11. Lessons Learnt; Fairy Stories; Joining the Club; Women of the World; 12. Mothers and Medical People; Doctor Knows Best?; Thank You, Doctor?; Labour Negotiations; Sexual Politics; You Can't ask a Book a Question; Endnote

Being Researched; Notes and References; APPENDIX; List of Characters

5. The Agony and the EcstasyBirth Passages; After Birth; 6. Mother and Baby; First Encounters; Boys and Girls; Big and Little; Aftermath; Baby Blues; Learning to Care; Mother Knows Best; Getting Out; 7. Learning the Language of the Child; Homecoming; What Have I Done?; Mothers and Others; Cry Babies; A Reward is Offered; Are You Aware of Being a Mother?; Little People; The Other Side of Motherhood; 8. Menus; Breast is Best?; A Confidence Trick; Habits and Vices; Menus

Five Weeks; Menus

Five Months; 9. Domestic Politics; Fathers-To-Be; Present at His Own Risk; Helping with Baby

Intro; FROM HERE TO MATERNITY; Contents; New Introduction; Preface to the Original Edition; 1. Childbirth and the 'Position' of Women; The Institution of Motherhood; Medicalisation; Natural Childbirth?; A Feminist Alternative?; 2. In the Beginning; Signs and Symptoms; Motives and Intentions; It's Alright, Dear, You Can Start Knitting; Becoming a Patient; 3. Remember Pregnancy is a State of Health; In Sickness or in Health; The Battle of the Bulge; Pregnant Pause; 4. Journey into the Unknown; This Awful Dilemma; Rehearsing Motherhood; Birth Images; Ladies-in-Waiting

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).

ISBN:

9781447349389

1447349385

9781447349365

1447349369

9781447349372

1447349377

OCLC:

1057725768