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- Title: Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood
- Author : Linda Rose Ennis
- Release Date : January 01, 2014
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1682 KB
Description
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sharon Haysâ landmark book, The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood, this collection will revisit Haysâ concept of âintensive motheringâ as a continuing, yet controversial representation of modern motherhood. In Haysâ original work, she spoke of âintensive motheringâ as primarily being conducted by mothers, centered on childrenâs needs with methods informed by experts, which are labourintensive and costly simply because children are entitled to this maternal investment. While respecting the important need for connection between mother and baby that is prevalent in the teachings of Attachment Theory, this collection raises into question whether an over-investment of mothers in their childrenâs lives is as effective a mode of parenting, as being conveyed by representations of modern motherhood. In a world where independence is encouraged, why are we still engaging in âintensive motherhood?â