SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Working Mother, Pacifier, Rockaby
29 Jul 2013
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Ideologies and practices of good motherhood from the 1800s to the. The invention of motherhood: from agriculture to urbanization. Ww2 and beyond: the privatization of motherhood as full-time mothering. 1990s and beyond: intensive mothering: emerging from neo-liberalism and as a backlash to feminism. This image is culturally invented, not natural, not inevitable, it is not a given. What we mean by mothering is culturally determined. What a good mother was in 18th century- would be charged with child- abuse, negligent etc- image has changed dramatically over time. The meaning of good motherhood changes as a result to significant transformation in her societal, economical environment. Motherhood- institution that says how mothers should be. If institution effects what motherhood means- it is not inevitable/natural, but can be changed, have different meanings. We can mother against motherhood- move from motherhood to mothering. What it meant to be a good mother- rural communities in europe.
