Download or read book Maternal Bodies written by Nora Doyle and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second half of the eighteenth century, motherhood came to be viewed as women's most important social role, and the figure of the good mother was celebrated as a moral force in American society. Nora Doyle shows that depictions of motherhood in American culture began to define the ideal mother by her emotional and spiritual roles rather than by her physical work as a mother. As a result of this new vision, lower-class women and non-white women came to be excluded from the identity of the good mother because American culture defined them in terms of their physical labor. However, Doyle also shows that childbearing women contradicted the ideal of the disembodied mother in their personal accounts and instead perceived motherhood as fundamentally defined by the work of their bodies. Enslaved women were keenly aware that their reproductive bodies carried a literal price, while middle-class and elite white women dwelled on the physical sensations of childbearing and childrearing. Thus motherhood in this period was marked by tension between the lived experience of the maternal body and the increasingly ethereal vision of the ideal mother that permeated American print culture.

Download or read book The Good Mother Myth written by Avital Norman Nathman and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of mommy blogs, Pinterest, and Facebook, The Good Mother Myth dismantles the social media-fed notion of what it means to be a "good mother." This collection of essays takes a realistic look at motherhood and provides a platform for real voices and raw stories, each adding to the narrative of motherhood we don't tend to see in the headlines or on the news. From tales of mind-bending, panic-inducing overwhelm to a reflection on using weed instead of wine to deal with the terrible twos, the honesty of the essays creates a community of mothers who refuse to feel like they're in competition with others, or with the notion of the ideal mom—they're just trying to find a way to make it work. With a foreword by Christy Turlington Burns and a contributor list that includes Jessica Valenti, Sharon Lerner, Soraya Chemaly, Amber Dusick and many more, this remarkable collection seeks to debunk the myth and offer some honesty about what it means to be a mother.

Download or read book Redefining Motherhood written by Sharon Abbey and published by Women's Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have, through choice and circumstance, changed what it means to be a mother today. No longer is there one clear and correct prescribed definition. As economic, social, cultural and political conditions evolve, women are revolutionizing concepts of mothering in a way unrecognizable short decades ago. In this unique collection, twenty-three women, teaching at colleges and universities throughout Canada, explore how traditional views of motherhood have been influenced by changing social and cultural conditions. Their essays unravel patriarchal constructions of motherhood and re-present new definitions drawn from women's lived experiences.

Download or read book Redefining Motherhood written by Nicole Homan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is purpose in the most ordinary of tasks on the most ordinary of days. Motherhood is not just a label or title. It is not just something we do, a small part of a big life. Many women birth children but not many mother children. Motherhood is a calling..a destiny; it is why we are here. And there is a generation of children arising in need of mothers who don't just mother but mother with a purpose. Discover a motherhood journey fill of joy, peace and contentment. Family is messy, but family is worth it.

Download or read book The Politics of Motherhood written by Alexis Jetter and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1997 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays and interviews explode the myth of apolitical motherhood by showing how 20th century women have politicized their role as mothers in a wide range of social contexts.

Download or read book The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama written by Jill Koziol and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inclusive, holistic, evidence-based guide for pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum journey—created for modern moms by the experts at the Motherly online community. Pregnancy isn’t just about creating a baby. It’s also about the powerful transformation we go through on the journey to becoming “mama.” We created The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama to coach and inspire you each step of the way. This is the pregnancy book we wish we’d had when we first became mothers—a mama-centered guide that doesn’t just focus on your baby’s needs, but honors and coaches you through this profound life change. Here’s the most important thing to remember: you are a phenom, and you are going to rock this. And you don’t have to do this alone. At your highest highs and your lowest lows, there is a village of professionals and peers to traverse this path with you. This book won’t bog you down with demands, give you more to be worried about, or tell you what to do. It’s impossible to know exactly what to expect during your pregnancy—after all, you are your own amazing woman with unique dreams, experiences, and needs. Instead, we’ve filled this illustrated guide with the best knowledge, wisdom, and support we have to offer, including: • Getting pregnant—planning, conception, fertility challenges, and finding the right care provider and birth strategy for you • Pregnancy month by month—how to understand, nourish, and support your own body and your baby’s health throughout your pregnancy • Giving birth—everything you need to feel empowered and prepared through the four stages of labor • The “fourth trimester”—helping you heal, process your experience, and thrive in the super-important and often ignored postpartum period • Tests and complications—no scare tactics, no intimidation; just good, well-researched information about the ways you can best prevent and prepare for challenges • Partners, friends, and family—our best tips for your whole support team • The many faces of mama—adoption, surrogacy, fostering, and the beautiful variety of motherhood experiences • Answers to the most common questions mamas have about finances, maternity leave, baby gear, relationships with family, nutrition, fitness, and much more Whether this is your first baby or your fourth, whether you’re still deciding about pregnancy or have an unplanned baby on the way, becoming mama involves your body, mind, emotions, lifestyle, relationships, schedule, spirituality, worldview—and most of all, your heart. This is an unprecedented time to embark on the journey of motherhood. You are part of a new generation of women elevating empowerment in all its forms. The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama was made for you—a loving and supportive embrace of your unique motherhood journey in all its power, complexity, and beauty.

Download or read book Redefining Motherhood written by Favour Ntui and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Really, just pause for a moment and take a careful but quick overview at the past 28 (maybe 35 or 40) years of your life (of course, depending on how long you have walked the earth). Don't rush it.... Feel free to close your eyes and now see in a quick flash of images the key transitions of your life in the past decades. Slowly pause at each interval of those key moments and ask yourself, "what would I have done differently with what I know now?!" As uncomfortable as it may seem, this current phase of life that you are in, as a wife, a mother, and maybe a working professional, a minister or even just a non-profit advocate. Whichever side of the bench you are sitting on, whether married or divorced, a co-parent or a single parent. Maybe you lost your spouse to death! As distinct as the uniqueness of our present-day realities may be, if you are a mother, then all of this I have written in this book is for you because it is to you I have been asked to deliver this message! ********************************* What really is motherhood? Oh, let's ask it another way, who really is a mother? What defines the characteristics of true motherhood? And what does it really entail? Is one fellow a mother because she gave birth to a living child and is another no more considered a mother maybe because she sadly lost her child? If all that defines true motherhood is our ability or a reference to if we have birth a child or not, then it is therefore easy to explain why as women, we struggle the most with an identity crisis. Not only has society chosen to create the boundaries of how it defines us as women and as mothers, but it is even more saddening and worrying to see how much of it we have accepted to be true. This explains why we wake up each day trying to answer to titles we have been given. Titles such as "mother", "wife", "employee" etc. The problem is not that we have to take on responsibilities in these roles. The problem however is, that too many of us as women, mothers in particular, take on these roles without pausing to ask and get a clear answer deep within us, on "who we really are". My book, "Redefining Motherhood - Unspoken Battles, Unleashed Strength! Rediscovering a Mother's True Purpose & Power" is a manuscript to help you as a woman and a mother to fully understand and grasp your true purpose, your true identity and the totality of your true power. We have our share of unspoken battles as mothers but hidden in that is strength yet unleashed, purpose yet discovered and power yet released. Motherhood is beyond childbearing. Motherhood is beyond kitchen duties. Motherhood is beyond contributing to meeting needs and paying bills. While all of these are noble, necessary, and fully important, it is time to divorce your true purpose and power from the limitations defined by society. God made you for more! God made you with more than you have realized just yet! And if only you can permit yourself to re-discover true motherhood, I can guarantee you that this is a journey you will be more than glad you took and stayed committed to. As mothers, we are architects of the future. We are nation builders! Our influence is enduring and our legacy is unerasable. There is much more to say, but I will let you stay put, reflect deep on these words and stay in anticipation of the book, "Redefining Motherhood - Unspoken Battles, Unleashed Strength! Rediscovering a Mother's True Purpose & Power". Dear mother, you were made for much more, it is time to manifest it! Favour Ntui Author and Mother's Coach

Download or read book Perfect Motherhood written by Rima Dombrow Apple and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Perfect Motherhood, Rima D. Apple shows how the growing belief that mothers need to be savvy about the latest scientific directives has shifted the role of expert away from the mother and toward the professional establishment.

Download or read book This Is Motherhood written by Jill Koziol and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Moms, for Moms—Redefining Motherhood for a New Generation With This Is Motherhood, the cofounders and contributors of the Motherly online community present a collection of essays and practices to celebrate motherhood in all its complexity. Here you’ll find reflections on each phase of “the wild ride of motherhood,” including the soaring highs of meeting your new baby, the ground-shaking lows that make you doubt everything you’ve ever known, and all the beauty and pain in between. Each chapter closes with practices from Motherly’s team of wellness experts to help you define, clarify, process, and celebrate your journey. This book was created to inspire and guide you through some of the most miraculous and stressful milestones of your life, such as: • New Mama—get ready for the mysterious, unpredictable, and beautiful start to your new life as a mother • Firsts—each step is brand new to you and your baby . . . and a chance to discover your way to learn and love • Mental Load—even with the worries, the to-do lists, the midnight emergencies, you deserve time and attention, too • Village—how to find the support that’s all around you, because you aren’t meant to do this alone • Transformation—discover and embrace the powerful, loving, capable woman who’s been molded by motherhood There are many ways to get motherhood right. It’s not your mother’s path or your sister’s path or that seemingly-perfect mom from your kid’s preschool’s path. It’s yours. You get to define—and redefine along the way—your experience of motherhood. And you are not alone. Each essay in This Is Motherhood is a letter to you, from one mama to another, to remind you that your feelings are normal. That you’re doing an amazing job. That you’re stronger than you even realize. Most of all: You’ve got this, mama.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Motherhood written by Andrea O'Reilly and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 1521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last decade, the topic of motherhood has emerged as a distinct and established field of scholarly inquiry. A cursory review of motherhood research reveals that hundreds of scholarly articles have been published on almost every motherhood theme imaginable. The Encyclopedia of Motherhood is a collection of approximately 700 articles in a three-volume, A-to-Z set exploring major topics related to motherhood, from geographical, historical and cultural entries to anthropological and psychological contributions. In human society, few institutions are as important as motherhood, and this unique encyclopedia captures the interdisciplinary foundation of the subject in one convenient reference. The Encyclopedia is a comprehensive resource designed to provide an understanding of the complexities of motherhood for academic and public libraries, and is written by academics and institutional experts in the social and behavioural sciences.

Download or read book I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids written by Trisha Ashworth and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I don't know how she does it! is an oft-heard refrain about mothers today. Funnily enough, most moms agree they have no idea how they get it done, or whether they even want the job. Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile spoke to mothers of every stripe--working, stay-at-home, part-time--and found a surprisingly similar trend in their interviews. After enthusing about her lucky life for twenty minutes, a mother would then break down and admit that her child's first word was "Shrek." As one mom put it, "Am I happy? The word that describes me best is challenged." Fresh from the front lines of modern motherhood comes a book that uncovers the guilty secrets of moms today . . . in their own words. I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids diagnoses the craziness and offers real solutions, so that mothers can step out of the madness and learn to love motherhood as much as they love their kids.

Download or read book This Is Motherhood written by Jill Koziol and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Moms, for Moms—Redefining Motherhood for a New Generation With This Is Motherhood, the cofounders and contributors of the Motherly online community present a collection of essays and practices to celebrate motherhood in all its complexity. Here you’ll find reflections on each phase of "the wild ride of motherhood," including the soaring highs of meeting your new baby, the ground-shaking lows that make you doubt everything you’ve ever known, and all the beauty and pain in between. Each chapter closes with practices from Motherly’s team of wellness experts to help you define, clarify, process, and celebrate your journey. This book was created to inspire and guide you through some of the most miraculous and stressful milestones of your life, such as: • New Mama—get ready for the mysterious, unpredictable, and beautiful start to your new life as a mother • Firsts—each step is brand new to you and your baby . . . and a chance to discover your way to learn and love • Mental Load—even with the worries, the to-do lists, the midnight emergencies, you deserve time and attention, too • Village—how to find the support that’s all around you, because you aren’t meant to do this alone • Transformation—discover and embrace the powerful, loving, capable woman who’s been molded by motherhood There are many ways to get motherhood right. It’s not your mother’s path or your sister’s path or that seemingly-perfect mom from your kid’s preschool’s path. It’s yours. You get to define—and redefine along the way—your experience of motherhood. And you are not alone. Each essay in This Is Motherhood is a letter to you, from one mama to another, to remind you that your feelings are normal. That you’re doing an amazing job. That you’re stronger than you even realize. Most of all: You’ve got this, mama.

Download or read book A Mother s Pleasure A Modern Guide to Redefining Motherhood written by Regan Figg and published by Kind Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regan Figg sees motherhood not as a place where you lose yourself, but a place of opportunity. As a former exercise physiologist, yoga and meditation teacher, and health and wellness coach, Regan unexpectedly experienced postnatal depression and anxiety after the birth of her first son. She began to investigate the common challenges women face in a society that fails to value mothers. In A Mother's Pleasure, Regan shares how she was able to break free from societal conditioning and expectation, and craft a life for herself and her family that's synonymous with pleasure, joy, fulfilment and contentment. Inside, you'll find practices and prompts that will support you to: -Rediscover and embody who you truly are -Weave self-care into your life effortlessly -Honour your desires and let them guide your life path -Use pleasure as a tool for transformation and personal growth -Say yes to receiving (without the mama guilt) -Develop deep reverence for your body -Achieve greater ease and pleasure in your days -Be the mum you want to be (not the one society thinks you should be) -Help create a more supportive culture for future mothers A Mother's Pleasure is your modern guide to summoning your sensuality, connecting with your goddess energy, and weaving pleasure into the very fabric of your life.

Download or read book Women Who Dig written by Trina Moyles and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning photographs and compelling vignettes, Women Who Dig takes a critical look at how women across the world are rising up against the injustices of the global food system.

Download or read book What Do Mothers Need written by Andrea O'Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The themes and issues explored are many: midwifery, intensive mothering, food allergies, workplace flexibility, family meals, childcare, education, popular culture, “opting out,” maternal empowerment, fathers, maternal activism, poverty, shared parenting, and work/life balance, and are examined from a wide range of perspectives including Aboriginal, Latina, African American/Canadian, military, single, poor, young, at-home, waged mothers, as well as mothers with disabilities. The volume argues that what is needed is a new “cultural conversation” on, and “a reframing” of, motherhood; one that is appreciative of the diversity of mothers’ lived experiences, attentive to the specific social context of twenty-first century motherhood, and audacious enough to imagine radical and transformative ways to mother and be mothered."--pub. desc.

Download or read book Regretting Motherhood written by Orna Donath and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and deeply important study of women’s lives, women’s choices—and an ‘unspoken taboo’—that questions the societal pressures forcing women into motherhood Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers. If we are disturbed by the idea that a woman might regret becoming a mother, Donath says, our response should not be to silence and shame these women; rather, we need to ask honest and difficult questions about how society pushes women into motherhood and why those who reconsider it are still seen as a danger to the status quo. Groundbreaking, thoughtful, and provocative, this is an especially needed book in our current political climate, as women's reproductive rights continue to be at the forefront of national debates.

Download or read book Redefining Fatherhood written by Nancy E. Dowd and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down (law, U. of Florida) offers a progressive discussion of the economic, social, and legal aspects of fathering, making a case for greater emphasis on the social, nurturing behavior involved in parenting to redefine the role men play in the lives of their children. She also explores the barriers to such redefinition, including concepts of masculinity, the interconnections between fathers and mothers, male violence, and homophobia. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR