Motherhood: Meanings, Practices and Ideologies

Introduction - Ann Phoenix and Anne Woollett PART ONE: PSYCHOLOGY AND IDEOLOGY Motherhood - Ann Phoenix and Anne Woollett Social Construction, Politics and Psychology Psychological Views of Mothering - Anne Woollett and Ann Phoenix PART TWO: THE MANDATE FOR MOTHERHOOD Having Children - Anne Woollett Accounts of Childless Women and Women with Reproductive Problems The Social Construction of Motherhood - Harriette Marshall An Analysis of Childcare and Parenting Manuals PART THREE: THE 'RIGHT TIME' TO HAVE CHILDREN Mothers under Twenty - Ann Phoenix Outsider and Insider Views Perspectives on Later Motherhood - Julia C Berryman PART FOUR: MOTHERING REAL CHILDREN IN REAL CIRCUMSTANCES Challenging Motherhood - Susan Gregory Mothers and their Deaf Children Sons and Daughters - Jacqueline McGuire Mothering More than One Child - Penny Munn PART FIVE: THE QUESTION OF EMPLOYMENT Employed Mothers and the Care of Young Children - Barbara Tizard Motherhood and Employment - Suzan Lewis The Impact of Social and Organizational Values Afterword - Anne Woollett and Ann Phoenix Issues Related to Motherhood