Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering

Life Choices, Identities and Methods
What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. Considering self-care, rapport, trust and self-reflection, the collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women's lives.

What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives.

This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women’s individual biographical experiences, illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state, media, religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust, rapport, reflexivity and self-care, this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women’s lives.

Contributor: Elham Amini (Contributions by), Laetitia Coles (Contributions by), Emma Cooke (Contributions by), Joan Cronin (Contributions by), Rosemary Crosse (Contributions by), Katarzyna Gajek (Contributions by), Jasneek Chawla (Contributions by), Fibian Lukalo (Contributions by), Claudia Malacrida (Contributions by), Michelle Millar (Contributions by), Jana Obrovská (Contributions by), Daniela Reimer (Contributions by), Lyudmila Nurse (Edited by), Lisa Moran (Edited by), Kateřina Sidiropulu-Janků (Edited by)

Pages: 266

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