Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting

A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada

Patricia Hamilton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2020
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-0793-4 (ISBN)

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This outstanding work examines black mothers’ engagements with attachment parenting and shows how it both undermines and reflects neoliberalism. Unique in its intersectional analysis, it fills a gap in the literature, drawing on black feminist theorizing to examine intensive mothering practices and policies.

Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises ‘natural’ activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents’ choices are thus made deeply significant with the potential to guarantee the well-being of future societies.
Examining black mothers’ engagements with attachment parenting, Hamilton shows the limitations of this neoliberal approach. Unique in its intersectional analysis of contemporary mothering ideologies, this outstanding book fills a gap in the literature on parenting culture studies, drawing on black feminist theorizing to analyse intensive mothering practices and policies.
Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting is shortlisted for the 2021 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.

Patricia Hamilton is a Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University College London. Her current project is an intersectional examination of parental leave policy development and use in the UK.

Introduction
Part I: Contexualizing AP: Attachment Parenting’s Rise To Prominence (And Infamy)
From Scientific Motherhood To Intensive Mothering
Why Now? AP In A Neoliberal, Postracial Context
Part II: AP And Parenting Advice In Britain And Canada
Best For Whom? Experiences Of Breastfeeding
Mother Knows Best? Bedsharing Against Expert Advice
Babywearing: Fads, Dangers and Cultural Appropriation
Part III: Dividing Parenting Labour
Negotiating Parental Leave Policies in Britain and Canada
'Staying At Home' Or 'Choosing To Work'
Part IV: Constructing An Oppositional Model Of Good Motherhood
Reclaiming AP
Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Sociology of Children and Families
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-0793-2 / 1529207932
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-0793-4 / 9781529207934
Zustand	Neuware