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Author Pascoe Leahy, Carla, author.

Title Becoming a mother : an Australian history / Carla Pascoe Leahy
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Series Gender in history
Gender in history.
Contents Front Matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- 1 Approaching matrescence -- 2 Mother-in-waiting -- 3 The birth of a mother -- 4 Mother love -- 5 Mothering the mother -- 6 Motherload -- 7 The maternalisation of the self -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2023)
Subject Mother and child -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
Mother and child -- Australia -- History -- 21st century
Motherhood -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
Motherhood -- Australia -- History -- 21st century
Mothers -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
Mothers -- Australia -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies
Mothers
Motherhood
Mother and child
Australia
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1526161214
9781526161192
1526161192
9781526161215