Rock-a-by Baby: Feminism, Self-Help and Postpartum Depression

by Verta Taylor

Book Overview

Although self-help has been an integral strategy of the women's movement, the burgeoning self-help publishing industry and growing popularity of talk shows encouraging personal confession have provoked vicious attacks on self-help from many feminists. Rock-a-By Baby examines the postpartum depression support group movement and exploring the relationship between gender, the ideas and strategies of women's self-help groups and feminism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041591292X
• ISBN13: 9780415912921
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"