Mom : the transformation of motherhood in modern America / Rebecca Jo Plant.

Author: Plant, Rebecca Jo, 1968-

Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Descriptionxii, 250 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Debunking the all-American mom: Philip Wylie's momism critique -- Mothers of the nation: patriotic maternalism and its critics -- Pathologizing mother love: mental health and maternal affectivity -- Banishing the suffering mother: the quest for painless childbirth -- Mother-blaming and the feminine mystique: Betty Friedan and her readers.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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