Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262049559ISBN-10:262049554UPC:9780262049559Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, Parenting, SociologyBook Topic:Motherhood, Marriage & FamilySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC52P69N9Q
Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century
An essential history for understanding how we mother now, and how motherhood itself became a medium--winner of the Brooke Hindle Award from the Society for the History of Technology. From the nursery to the prison, from the clinic to the commune, Mother Media tells the story of how we arrived at our contemporary understanding of what a mother is and how understandings of "bad" mothering formed...
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262049559ISBN-10:262049554UPC:9780262049559Book Category:Technology & Engineering, Family & Relationships, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Aspects, Parenting, SociologyBook Topic:Motherhood, Marriage & FamilySize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SC52P69N9Q
Hannah Zeavin is Assistant Professor of the History of Science in the Department of History and the Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. She is the author of The Distance Cure (MIT Press) and Founding Editor of Parapraxis. In 2021, she cofounded The Psychosocial Foundation.
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