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Making Sense of Motherhood: A Narrative Approach Book

Paperback. Pub Date: 2005 Pages: 344 Publisher: Camidge. University Press Becoming a mother changes lives in many ways and this original and accessible book Explores how women try to make sense of and narrate their experiences of first-time motherhood in the Western world. Tina Miller pays close attention to women's own accounts. over time. of their experiences of transition to motherhood and shows how myths of motherhood continue because women do not feel able to voice their early (often difficult) experiences of mothering. The book 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. Drawing on original research and narrative theory. the book also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the c...Read More

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  • Blackwell

    This book 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. Drawing on original research and narrative theory...

  • Book Description

    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 industrialised 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. Drawing on original research and narrative theory it also explores the disjuncture that often exists between personal experience and public discourse and the cultural dimensions of expert knowledge.

  • 0521543649
  • 9780521543644
  • Tina Miller
  • 17 February 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 188
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