Making Sense of Motherhood: A Narrative Approach - Softcover

Miller

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521543649 ISBN 13: 9780521543644

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 344 Publisher: Camidge. University Press Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways and this original and accessible book Explores how women try to make sense of and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. Tina Miller pays close attention to women's own accounts. over time. of their experiences of transition to motherhood and shows how myths of motherhood continue because women do not feel able to voice their early (often difficult) experiences of mothering. The book charts the social. cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted. maintained and narrated. Drawing on original research and narrative theory. the book also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the c...

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This 2005 book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. It charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated.

Synopsis:

Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways and this original and accessible book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. Tina Miller pays close attention to women's own accounts, over time, of their experiences of transition to motherhood and shows how myths of motherhood continue because women do not feel able to voice their early (often difficult) experiences of mothering. The book charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated. Drawing on original research and narrative theory, the book also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the cultural dimensions of expert knowledge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521543649
• ISBN 13: 9780521543644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188