Davis Modern motherhood

Women and family in England, 1945–2000
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-416-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Gender in History

This book examines women’s experiences of motherhood in England in the years between 1945 and 2000. Based on a new body of 160 oral history interviews, the book offers the first comprehensive historical study of the experience of motherhood in the second half of the twentieth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Angela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Family and community: surveying women and the family
3. Educating mothers: family, school and antenatal education
4. Pregnancy and childbirth: antenatal care, birth and postnatal care
5. Experts and childcare ‘bibles’: mothers and advice literature
6. Working and caring: women’s labour inside and outside the home
7. Breadwinners and homemakers: ideals of men and women in the family
8. Conclusions
Appendix 1: interview schedule
Appendix 2: interviewees’ biographical details
Select bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Davis Angela:
Angela Davis is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of WarwickAngela Davis is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Warwick