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I especially found her chapter on the pursuit of painless childbirth enlightening. I am a historian, and I am really impressed with this book.
Plant gives an insightful and convincing explanation of how and why the Victorian "mother" was demoted to the mid-twentieth-century "mom," for better and worse. She describes a transformation which I think underlies the kind of mothering anxiety described by Jennifer Senior in All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting.
This is a gem of a book; brilliant and beautifully written. I can't recommend it highly enough. I gave a copy to my mother as well, and she was equally impressed. One person found this helpful. See all 3 reviews.
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Amazon Rapids Fun stories for kids on the go. Plant reframes this fit between anti-maternalist critiques and the reality of mothers' lives in her final chapter on Friedan, providing a nuanced analysis of Friedan's influential book and the many letters she received from women about it, both in praise and in condemnation.
The book Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America, Rebecca Jo Plant is published by University of Chicago Press. Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America Paperback – May 21, Rebecca Jo Plant is associate professor of history at the University of California, San Diego. Start reading Mom: The Transformation Of Motherhood In Modern America on your Kindle in under a minute.
Plant's important book deftly develops the thesis that a "transformation of motherhood" ideas in modern America was an essential prelude to the historic shift in gender roles that took place later in the century. That transformation notwithstanding, contentious ideas about motherhood and its discontents continue to roil contemporary debates about women's lives as ever-new momism critiques emerge and flourish. If you would like to authenticate using a different subscribed institution that supports Shibboleth authentication or have your own login and password to Project MUSE, click 'Authenticate'.
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Hanna rated it liked it Dec 05, Jesse Baer marked it as to-read Apr 05, At last, Rebecca Jo Plant has identified social, political, cultural, and biomedical factors that ordained this change by the mid-twentieth century. Erotic Attunement Cristina L. The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America.
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