Motherhood in Patriarchy : Animosity Toward Mothers in Politics and Feminist Theory – Proposals for Change / Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tazi-Preve, Mariam Irene Dr., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women’s Studies.

Gender Studies.

motherhood.

Local Subjects:

Women’s Studies.

Gender Studies.

motherhood.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Verlag Barbara Budrich 2013

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Dr. Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve, researcher and lecturer at universities in Austria and the USA

Summary:

„Motherhood in Patriarchy“ pioneers the argument that the current Western understanding of motherhood is a patriarchal one based on a long historical tradition of subjection and institutionalization. The book makes an important contribution to women’s studies on reproduction, feminist theory, motherhood and welfare politics, and offers alternative perspectives.

Lesenswert für Töchter, Söhne, Schwestern, Brüder, Mütter, ihre PartnerInnen und FreundInnen. Der stärkste Aspekt dieses Buches ist es, mutig eine signifikante Leerstelle anzusteuern. Die Konzeption von Mutterschaft, ein perspektivisches Muttersein in all seinen epistemischen, kulturellen und politischen Aspekten gilt immer noch als gefährliches, wenn nicht gar verbotenes Terrain. WeiberDiwan 1/2014 Tazi-Preve [...] criticizes the treatment of motherhood in modern Western society, framing the issue from a feminist political science perspective.[...] the book argues, that the experience of motherhood is determined and structured by patriarchal values, and that it can be used to see ways in which women, despite apparent advances in equality, continue to have their roles defined and constrained by male interests. Reference & Research Book News October 2013 In dieser zwischen Feministischer Theorie, Soziologie und Psychologie angesiedelten Arbeit sind - neben einer breiten Rekapitulation wichtiger, themenbezogener Standpunkte der jeweiligen Fächer - verschiedenste Aspekte von Mutterschaft und ihrer sozialen Bedingtheit zusammengefasst: über die staatliche und medizinische Kontrolle des Geburtsprozesses bis hin zu Fragen nach der Loslösung aus der Unterdrückung durch schiere Verweigerung gegenüber dem Muttersein. Portal für Politikwissenschaft 10/2013

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Motherhood in Patriarchy""; ""Content""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Patriarchal Motherhood""; ""1.1. Declining Birth Rates and Control of Pregnancy""; ""1.2 Circumstances of Birth""; ""1.3 The Desire to have Children""; ""1.4 Mothers� Postpartum Depression""; ""1.5 The Unique Situation of Single Parents""; ""1.6 Overburdened employed Mothers""; ""1.7 Family Politics and Mothers� Benefits""; ""1.8 Childcare""; ""1.9 �Housewifeization�""; ""1.10 Mother Image and Absent Fathers""; ""2. Mothers in feminist political Theory and Philosophy""

""2.1 Defining the Problem""""2.2 Liberal Feminism and the Politics of Equality""; ""2.2.1 Austrian Women�s Politics""; ""2.2.2 Women and Criticism of the State""; ""2.2.3 Accusations of Fascism within Feminist Discourse""; ""2.3 Approaches to the Postmodern Gender Studies and Feminist Political Science""; ""3. Matriarchy as Maternal Order""; ""3.1 Opening Question""; ""3.2 Historical Matriarchies""; ""3.3 The Maternal Order in Historical and Contemporary Matriarchies""; ""3.4 Matriarchy Matricide and the Beginning of National Order in Egypt""; ""3.5 Matricide in Greek Tragedies""

""3.6 Matriarchal and Patriarchal Power""""4. Historic Transformations of Birth and Motherhood""; ""4.1 The Greek Concept of Motherhood""; ""4.2 Perverting and Denying Birth""; ""4.3 Desexualization and a Mother�s Selflessness""; ""4.4 Separation of Mother and Child""; ""5. On the historical Development of the Concepts of Nature, Body, Time and the Individual""; ""5.1 Nature and Culture""; ""5.1.1 Historical Transformations of the Concept of Nature""; ""5.1.2 Schelling�s Natural Philosophy""; ""5.1.3 Women and Nature""; ""5.1.4 The Duality of Nature and Culture""

""5.1.5 Acting in Accord with Nature""""5.2 Body versus Physique""; ""5.2.1 Posing the Problem""; ""5.2.2 Historical Perceptions of the Female Body and Gynecology""; ""5.2.3 Body, Domination and Knowledge""; ""5.3 Time and Space""; ""5.3.1 Matriarchal Concepts of Time""; ""5.3.2 Patriarchal Time""; ""5.3.3 Space-Time""; ""5.4 The Concept of Ego and Social Order""; ""6. Mothers in Psychoanalysis""; ""6.1 The Problem of the Legitimacy of Psychoanalysis""; ""6.2 Mother Imagines""; ""6.3 Psychoanalysis and Social Order""; ""6.4 Matricide in Psychoanalysis""

""6.5 The Failure of Matricidal Separation""""6.6 Self versus the Individual""; ""6.7 Motherhood as a Physical, Spiritual and Intellectual Dimension: Perceptions and Experiences with Pregnancy""; ""6.8 Mother and Daughter � Ambivalence and Opportunity""; ""7. Developments of reproductive Technology and feminist Criticism""; ""7.1 The History and Visions of Reproductive Technology""; ""7.1.1 Reproductive Technology in Practice""; ""7.2 Transformation of Motherhood and Fatherhood""; ""7.3 �Reproduction� and �Law�""; ""7.4 Self-determination and Property""; ""7.5 Feminist Positions""

""8. Feminist Strategies to counter the Animosity toward Mothers""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783847403005

3847403001

Publisher Number:

9783847403005