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.
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