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Motherload: Making It All Better in Insecure Times by Villalobos, Ana
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520278100
ISBN-13
9780520278103
eBay Product ID (ePID)
202482747
Product Key Features
Book Title
Motherload : Making It All Better in Insecure Times
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Gender Studies, Parenting / Motherhood, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2014-012057
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.874/3
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Part I CONNECTION 2 Shielding & Antidote Strategies: Mothering that Saves the Child 3 Compensatory Connection Strategy: Mothering that Saves the Mother 4 Light-Motherload Connection: Love Without Saving Part II INDEPENDENCE 5 Inoculation Strategy: Punching Back at Fear 6 Friendship Strategy: Punching Back at Responsibility 7 Light-Motherload Independence: Mothering Without the Ordeal 8 Conclusion Appendix A Research Participants Appendix B Research Methods Notes References
Synopsis
In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews with and observations of mothers--single or married, but all experiencing varying forms of insecurity in their lives--Villalobos finds that mothers overwhelmingly expect the mothering relationship to "make it all better" for themselves and their children. But there is a price to pay for loading this single relationship with such high expectations. Using detailed case studies, Villalobos shows how women's Herculean attempts to create various kinds of security through mothering often backfire, thereby exhausting mothers, deflecting their focus from other possible sources of security, and creating more stress. That stress is further exacerbated by dominant ideals about "good" mothering--ideals that are fraught with societal pressures and expectations that reach well beyond what mothers can actually do for their children. Pointing to hopeful alternatives, Villalobos shows how more realistic expectations about motherhood lead remarkably to greater security in families by prompting mothers to cast broader security nets, making conditions less stressful and--just as significantly--bringing greater joy in mothering., In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews with and observations of mothers-single or married, but all experiencing varying forms of insecurity in their lives-Villalobos finds that mothers overwhelmingly expect the mothering relationship to "make it all better" for themselves and their children. But there is a price to pay for loading this single relationship with such high expectations. Using detailed case studies, Villalobos shows how women's Herculean attempts to create various kinds of security through mothering often backfire, thereby exhausting mothers, deflecting their focus from other possible sources of security, and creating more stress. That stress is further exacerbated by dominant ideals about "good" mothering-ideals that are fraught with societal pressures and expectations that reach well beyond what mothers can actually do for their children. Pointing to hopeful alternatives, Villalobos shows how more realistic expectations about motherhood lead remarkably to greater security in families by prompting mothers to cast broader security nets, making conditions less stressful and-just as significantly-bringing greater joy in mothering.
LC Classification Number
HQ759.V536 2014
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