Becoming a Mother
An Australian History
Seiten
2023
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6120-8 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6120-8 (ISBN)
This book charts the history of first-time Australian motherhood across the last 75 years, drawing upon oral history interviews with a diverse group of mothers. Through thematic chapters covering pregnancy, birth, childrearing, relationships, work and identity, the book analyses change and continuity in experiences of becoming a mother since 1945. -- .
Becoming a mother charts the diverse and complex history of Australian mothering for the first time, exposing the ways it has been both connected to and distinct from parallel developments in other industrialised societies. In many respects, the historical context in which Australian women come to motherhood has changed dramatically since 1945. And yet examination of the memories of multiple maternal generations reveals surprising continuities in the emotions and experiences of first-time motherhood.
Drawing upon interdisciplinary insights from anthropology, history, psychology and sociology, Carla Pascoe Leahy unpacks this multifaceted rite of passage through more than 60 oral history interviews, demonstrating how maternal memories continue to influence motherhood today. Despite radical shifts in understandings of gender, care and subjectivity, becoming a mother remains one of the most personally and culturally significant moments in a woman’s life. -- .
Becoming a mother charts the diverse and complex history of Australian mothering for the first time, exposing the ways it has been both connected to and distinct from parallel developments in other industrialised societies. In many respects, the historical context in which Australian women come to motherhood has changed dramatically since 1945. And yet examination of the memories of multiple maternal generations reveals surprising continuities in the emotions and experiences of first-time motherhood.
Drawing upon interdisciplinary insights from anthropology, history, psychology and sociology, Carla Pascoe Leahy unpacks this multifaceted rite of passage through more than 60 oral history interviews, demonstrating how maternal memories continue to influence motherhood today. Despite radical shifts in understandings of gender, care and subjectivity, becoming a mother remains one of the most personally and culturally significant moments in a woman’s life. -- .
Carla Pascoe Leahy is Lecturer in Family History at the University of Tasmania. -- .
Prologue
1 Approaching matrescence: theory, context, methodology
2 Mother-in-waiting: pregnancy
3 The birth of a mother: labour & childbirth
4 Motherlove: mothers & their children
5 Mothering the mother: maternal relationships & support
6 Motherload: maternal work
7 The maternalisation of the self: mothering & identity
Epilogue
Appendix: narrator biographies
Bibliography -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.03.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Gender in History |
| Zusatzinfo | 5 black & white figures |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 490 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-6120-6 / 1526161206 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-6120-8 / 9781526161208 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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