Feminism and Motherhood in Western Europe, 1890–1970

The Maternal Dilemma

A. Allen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

354 Seiten

2005
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-4039-6236-2 (ISBN)

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According to Allen, motherhood and citizenship are terms that are closely linked and have been redefined over the past century due to changes in women's status, feminist movements, and political developments. Mother-child relationships were greatly affected by political decisions during the early 1900s, and the maternal role has been transformed over the years. To understand the dilemmas faced by women concerning motherhood and work, for example, Allen argues that the problem must be examined in terms of its demographic and political development through history. Allen highlights the feminist movements in Western Europe - primarily Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and explores the implications of the maternal role for women's aspirations to the rights of citizenship. Among the topics Allen explores the history of the maternal role, psychoanalysis and theories on the mother-child relationship, changes in family law from 1890-1914, the economic status of mothers, and reproductive responsibility.

ANN T. ALLEN is Professor of History at the University of Louisville. She has served on the editorial board of the Journal of the History of Sexuality, History of Education Quarterly and is the author of Feminism and Motherhood in Germany, 1800-1914. She also contributed to a piece on the international kindergarten movement in Kindergartens and Cultures.

Introduction 'Aeons of Wrong' From Patriarchy to Partnership Employment or Endowment 'The Sacred Office of Parenthood' 'A Tax of Blood' 'The Purity of Family Life' 'The Right to be Happy' 'Radiant Motherhood' The Second World War and the Post-War Era

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.9.2005
Zusatzinfo	7 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 354 p. 7 illus.
Verlagsort	Gordonsville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4039-6236-7 / 1403962367
ISBN-13	978-1-4039-6236-2 / 9781403962362
Zustand	Neuware