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Social Science Marriage & Family

Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering

Life Choices, Identities and Methods

contributions by Elham Amini, Laetitia Coles, Emma Cooke, Joan Cronin, Rosemary Crosse, Katarzyna Gajek, Jasneek Chawla, Fibian Lukalo, Claudia Malacrida, Michelle Millar, Jana Obrovská & Daniela Reimer

edited by Lyudmila Nurse, Lisa Moran & Kateřina Sidiropulu-Janků

Publisher
Bristol University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2023
Category
Marriage & Family, Children's Studies, Methodology, Women's Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781447365624
    Publish Date
    Oct 2023
    List Price
    $159.95 USD

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What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women’s individual biographical experiences, illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state, media, religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust, rapport, reflexivity and self-care, this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women’s lives.

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