Essays about: "Intensive Motherhood"

Found 4 essays containing the words Intensive Motherhood.

  1. 1. Mai Mamma: An exploratory qualitative case study of Apulian mothers' perception of childcare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Francesco Saverio Demarinis; [2023]
    Keywords : care work; social reproduction; love labor; mothering; Puglia; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In Italy, ideas surrounding family and motherhood seem to be unveiled as myths rather than values. Despite the historical prominence of these notions within the national political and social agenda, the country's support to families and predominantly female caregivers remains severely inadequate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Attachment-Oriented Motherhood and the German New Right on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Isabel Köhler; [2022]
    Keywords : Attachment Parenting; Intensive Motherhood; Respectability; White Femininity; The German New Right; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Media Studies;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the German-speaking attachment-oriented parenting community on Instagram. Focusing on a debate about new-right activities in the community, I analyze how motherhood (self-)conceptions were discursively entangled with questions of resistance to and tolerance of the new right. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Snowball Effect: the paradoxes of modern gender roles of the middle-class parents of Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Hald Ytzen; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Parenthood; Gender Equality; Governmentality; Biopower; Masculinity; Intensive Mothering; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores access to central knowledge platforms of middle-class parents within the context of Copenhagen. Through a qualitative approach, including interviews and participant observation, access to the 3 main knowledge platforms is explored: firstly, direct contact with municipality health care visitors in the home; secondly, maternity groups constructed according to homogenic ideals and finally, the online community of Facebook. READ MORE

  5. 4. Vietnamese Mumpreneurs? Middle-class Mothers Negotiating Motherhood and Work in Northern Vietnam

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Thanh-Huong Nguyen; [2017]
    Keywords : middle-class; gender roles; motherhood; Northern Vietnam; entrepreneurship; mumpreneur; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the construction of motherhood in Northern Vietnam and how motherhood influences engagement with digital entrepreneurship. The study relies on 10 in-depth interviews with middle-class mothers of young children in urban areas in Northern Vietnam, who are currently running online businesses through Facebook. READ MORE