Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering

Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering PDF Author: Lyudmila Nurse
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447365631
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Book Description
What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women’s individual biographical experiences, illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state, media, religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust, rapport, reflexivity and self-care, this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women’s lives.