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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950- Mommy myth (OCoLC)60880138 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan J Douglas; Meredith W Michaels |
ISBN: | 9780743267014 074326701X |
OCLC Number: | 891852145 |
Description: | 1 online resource (383 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents: | The new momism -- Revolt against the MRS -- Mouthing off to Dr. Spock -- Threats from without: satanism, abduction, and other media panics -- Attack of the celebrity moms -- Threats from within: maternal delinquents -- The war against welfare mothers -- The "mommy wars" -- Dumb men, stupid choices, or why we have no childcare -- Moms "R" us -- Dr. Laura's neighborhood: baby wearing, nanny cams, and the triumph of the new momism -- Exorcising the new momism. |
Responsibility: | Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels. |
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"An absolutely fascinating expose...this eye-opening report contains a wealth of valuable insight into the never-ending, and ultimately self-defeating, quest for the maternal perfection glorified by contemporary American society." -- Booklist "In a book crackling with humor and sarcasm, the authors comb through the past thirty years' worth of nightly news reports, women's magazines, celebrity journalism, newspapers, and ads, and point out a growing obsession with this idealized, and guilt-inducing, version of motherhood that women can't achieve." -- Chicago Tribune "This is a book for mothers who can admit that they yell sometimes, feed their children processed food, and occasionally get bored playing Barbie camp-out under the dining room table....It's a book for mothers who would be okay with being imperfect, if only the rest of the world would stop pointing out their shortcomings." -- The Washington Post Read more...

