Motherhood is a central fact of many women's lives. Despite this, relatively little has been written about how maternity and childcare affect women's lives. This book looks at the relationship between women's identity and the capacity for motherhood. It examines the changing social and economic conditions in which women become mothers or, in fewer cases, do not have children; the opportunities women have to control their own fertility and the implications of 'new' reproductive technologies. This book brings together a wide range of topics, as well as considering some of the contradictions and neglected questions in feminist thinking about reproduction and childrearing.

Women, Motherhood and Childrearing

Politics & Social Sciences

Diane Richardson

Sociology

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Women, Motherhood and Childbearing (Women in Society: a Feminist List)

Social Sciences

This is the first textbook in women's studies to offer a comprehensive and critical analysis of the major issues and topics within key areas of the subject including feminist theory, race, sexuality, violence, education, the family, representation, work, and debates within women's studies itself. More than a reader, this is a key text for students of women's studies and those interested generally in feminist perspectives.

Introducing Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Practice

Victoria Robinson

Women and AIDS

Routledge& Kegan Paul

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