Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century
Author:   Hannah Zeavin
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
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9780262049559


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 April 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century


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Author:   Hannah Zeavin
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780262049559


ISBN 10:   0262049554
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 April 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue: Analog Kids Introduction: How Mother Became a Medium Part One: The Media of Mothering 1. The First Technology is Human 2. Out of the Cradle Part Two: Predictive Mothering 3. Hot and Cool Mothers 4. Screening Mother, Coding Baby Part Three: The Mothering of Media 5. Screen Parking 6. Future, Tomorrow, Dream, Smart Coda: Where AI Babies Come From (Or, How Baby Became a Medium) Notes Bibliography Index

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“Hannah Zeavin’s Mother Media […] examines the heavy hand that social scientists have taken in the nursery.” —Harper's


Author Information

Hannah Zeavin is Assistant Professor of the History of Science in the Department of History and the Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkely. 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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