Making Sense of Motherhood: A Narrative Approach

by Tina Miller

Book Overview

Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways, and this book explores how women try to make sense of, and narrate their experiences of, first-time motherhood in industrialized society. It charts the social, cultural and moral contours of contemporary motherhood and engages with sociological and feminist debates on how selves are constituted, maintained and narrated.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521835720
• ISBN13: 9780521835725
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"