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" The demands of motherhood : "
Lisa Smyth.
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BL
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726157
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b545889
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Lisa Smyth.
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The demands of motherhood : : agents, roles and recognitions\ Lisa Smyth.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, ©2012.
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Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life.
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(viii, 178 pages)
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1137010258
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: 9781137010254
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements --;Introduction --;Modernity, Normativity and Recognition --;Motherhood's Normativity --;Authentic Motherhood: Expressive Individualism --;Choosing Motherhood: Rational Planning --;Balancing Acts: Maternal Pragmatism --;Conclusion --;Notes --;Appendix 1: Participant Information --;References --;Index.
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Drawing on qualitative interviews with forty middle-class mothers living in Northern Ireland and the US, this book explores the strategies women adopt, as they take on and creatively re-make motherhood in ways which allow them to cope.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- Motherhood.
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Motherhood.
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Parenthood.
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HQ759.L573 2012
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Lisa Smyth
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