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The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women - Paperback

by Susan J. Douglas, Meredith Michaels
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Availability:In StockContributor:Susan J. Douglas, Meredith MichaelsPublish date:2005-02-01Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780743260466ISBN-10:743260465UPC:9780743260466Book Category:Social Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Sociology, ParentingBook Topic:Marriage & Family, MotherhoodSize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCEMSG9ZMF
Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers -- the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth contends that this "new momism" has been shaped by out-of-date mores, and that no matter how hard they try, women will never achieve it. In this must-read for every woman, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels shatter the myth of the perfect mom and all but shout, "We're not gonna take it anymore!"
Language:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780743260466ISBN-10:743260465UPC:9780743260466Book Category:Social Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Women's Studies, Sociology, ParentingBook Topic:Marriage & Family, MotherhoodSize:8.50 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCEMSG9ZMF
Susan J. Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination, Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, and Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922. Her journalistic articles have appeared in The Nation, Ms., In These Times, TV Guide, and The Progressive.

Meredith W. Michaels is a writer who doubles as a philosophy professor at Smith College. Her research and writing focus on the way that cultural changes affect our understanding of reproduction, parenthood, and childhood.
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