The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

By :"Sharon Hays"

Published on 1998-09-10 by Yale University Press

Category :"Social Science"

While women are expected to be nurturing and unselfish in their role as mothers, they are expected to be competitive and even ruthless at work. Drawing on ideas about mothering since the Middle Ages, on contemporary childrearing manuals, and on in-depth interviews, Hays shows that 'intensive mothering' is a powerful contemporary ideology. These unrealistic expectations of mothers, she suggests, reflect a deep cultural ambivalence about the pursuit of self-interest.

The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

Lenght : 252

Language : en

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