| Description |
[vii], 379 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Prologue. Down among the children -- Part One. Feminism and the 'problem' of motherhood. 1. Two paths to women's equality; 2. Equality as sameness: the loneliness of the postmodern cowgirl; 3. Meeting General Custer: maternal feminism and the ethic of care; 4. The invisible heart: the shadow economy of care; 5. What do women want? -- Part Two. Taking children seriously. 6. Inside the skin of a child; 7. First love: its light and shadow; 8. The dark side of the moon; 9. Electing a new child: truth, lies and the childcare debate; 10. The childcare wars...resolved -- Part Three. Hard times: motherhood under the new capitalism. 11. Affluenza: the new ethic of work and spend; 12. The making of the new capitalist mother; 13. The McDonaldisation of childhood -- Conclusion. The gift of time; Postscript. Up amongst the men |
| Summary |
Covers the debates over early institutional childcare, the problems of reconciling work and family life, the crisis of fertility, and the impact of the new capitalism on the changing landscape of childhood |
| Analysis |
Sociology (Australia,Victoria) |
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Child care & upbringing |
| Notes |
A Sue Hines Book |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 339-360 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Motherhood.
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Motherhood -- Social aspects.
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Work and family -- Social aspects.
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Feminism.
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| Author |
Manne, A
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| ISBN |
1741143799 : |
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