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Author:   Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq (University of Tours, France)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367777739

ISBN 10:   0367777738
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   01 April 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Theorising Motherhood; 2. (M)othering and the Politics of Early Intervention: Biologisation and the Reproduction of Gendered, Classed and Raced Inequalities; 3. A Mother’s Place is in the Home: Deconstructing Self-Interest and Altruism in Feminist Economics; Part 1 Difficult Times for Mothers; 4. Mother Figures Behind Bars: Pregnant Women and Mothers in Prison in England and Wales; 5. Martyr, Miscreant, or A Modern Mama? Exploring the Archetypal and Realistic Images of Mothers of Children with Disabilities; 6. South Asian Mothering in White Spaces; Part 2 Unorthodox Mothers; 7. Motherhood and Mothering in Contemporary ‘‘IP Memoirs’’; 8. Teenage Mothers in England; Resisting or Silenced by the Regulatory Framework?; Part 3 Asian Mothering/Mothers; 9. Motherhood Experiences of East Asian Women in Britain; 10. Chinese Motherhood in the UK; Part 4 Lesbian Mothers/Mothering; 11. Lesbian Mothers and Citizens: The Morality Test at the United States Supreme Court; 12. Lesbian Motherhood: From the Social Recognition of Female Homosexuality to the ‘Lesby-boom’: A Comparison Between Britain and France; Part 5 Representations of Mothers in Art; 13. Maternal Fantasies in an Era of Crisis – Single Mothers, Self-Sacrifice, and Sexuality in Japanese Television Drama; 14. Countering Allegorical Motherhood in Irish and Northern Irish Contemporary Art: The Female Body as a Tool for Resistance; 15. Female ‘‘Transformational Energy’’ in Louise Erdrich's Works.

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Fabienne Portier-Le Cocq is Professor of Contemporary British Studies at the University of Tours in France, and has done comparative research for the European Commission on families. Her research interests also span young, lone parenthood, domestic violence in Britain and France, in addition to qualitative studies. Her latest publication (2017) is Fertility, Health and Lone Parenting: European Contexts, Routledge.

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