The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

by Sharon Hays

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Working mothers today confront not only conflicting demands on their time and energy but also conflicting ideas about how they are to behave: they must be nurturing and unselfish while engaged in child rearing but competitive and ambitious at work. As more and more women enter the workplace, it would seem reasonable for society to make mothering a simpler and more efficient task. Instead, Sharon Hays points out in this original and provocative book,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300076525

ISBN13:9780300076523

Release Date:September 1998

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Family Relationships Gay & Lesbian Motherhood Parenting & Families Parenting & Relationships Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Social Work Women's Studies

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