Essays about: "mothering"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the word mothering.

  1. 11. Migrating Mothers’ Experiences of Motherhood and Mothering in an ever-globalizing World.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Ljung; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; transnational motherhood; motherwork; mothering; migrant mother’s intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Female migrants comprise half of the worlds migrating people today. Modern ideals of mothering and motherhood entail mothers staying at home to care for their children, mother’s having to migrate away from their families contradicts current (modern) values. READ MORE

  3. 12. S(mothering) the subject formation in Jamaica Kincaid ́s Annie John : Female subject formation in postcolonial Caribbean fiction

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Elin Blomgren; [2018]
    Keywords : Postcolonial feminism; fiction; caribbean fiction;

    Abstract : This essay investigates Jamaica Kincaid´s the book Annie John (1985) and its protagonist Annie John´s search for a coherent self-and/or a de-colonized identity through a subject transformation. Using postcolonial feminism, including theorists such as Homi K. READ MORE

  4. 13. The natural mother : Discourse and representation of motherhood in an Italian Facebook group

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Silvia Marchesi; [2018]
    Keywords : Motherhood; nature; breastfeeding; Facebook group; ecofeminism; intersectionality; online ethnography; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Nature still plays a prominent role in shaping social expectations about the tasks of parents, especially mothers. The transition from the previous model of mothering and the contemporary one in Italy is definitely characterized by a revival of what is perceived as the ancient way of childrearing. READ MORE

  5. 14. "It's not like someone hands you a brochure" : A qualitative study of migrant mothers' perceptions of their learning at Swedish open preschools

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande

    Author : Ariana Moir; [2017]
    Keywords : Community of practice; Wenger; open preschools; migrant mothers; parental learning;

    Abstract : Times of transition can provoke informal learning that is both potentially transformative and often unacknowledged. New mothers living in a new country are in effect undergoing a double transition, and thus are in a position to possibly undertake a great deal of informal learning. READ MORE

  6. 15. 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