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Author Pedersen, Sarah (Professor of communication and media), author.

Title The politicization of Mumsnet / Sarah Pedersen
Edition First edition
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2020

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Description 1 online resource
Series SocietyNow
SocietyNow.
Contents Cover -- THE POLITICIZATION OF MUMSNET -- SocietyNow -- THE POLITICIZATION OF MUMSNET -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Women and Political Debate -- The Female Floating Voter -- Women-friendly Politics -- The History of the 'Woman's Vote' -- Women Politicians and Motherhood -- Wooing the Female Vote -- 3. Wooing the Mumsnet Vote -- Varying Engagement -- Biscuitgate -- A Question of Time -- Negative Opinions -- 4. A Dominant Theme Emerging -- Women's Equality Party Webchats -- 5. What Is a Woman?
6. 'Came for the Babies -- Stayed for the Feminism' -- Mumsnet as a Subaltern Counterpublic -- Female Dominated -- A Feminist Consciousness -- A Fourth Wave? -- Mumsnet Campaigns -- A Neoliberal Approach -- 7. Words and Deeds -- A Safe Space -- Providing Useful Material for the Press -- Man Friday -- Under Attack -- Legal Issues -- 8. Feeling Homeless -- #Expelme -- What Next? -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Summary The Politicization of Mumsnet investigates the growing politicization of this parenting discussion forum and its use by politicians to influence middle-class women in the UK
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 20, 2020)
Subject mumsnet.com -- Electronic discussion groups
Women's rights -- Great Britain -- Electronic discussion groups
Electronic discussion groups -- Political aspects -- Great Britain
Parenting -- Great Britain -- Electronic discussion groups
Political activism.
Political Science, Women in Politics.
Parenting
Women's rights
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic discussion groups
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781839094705
1839094702
9781839094682
1839094680