The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women by Douglas, Susan

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743260466)

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The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women by Douglas, Susan

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women

$24.99
The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women by Douglas, Susan

The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women

$24.99
Format: Paperback
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Taking readers on a provocative tour through thirty years of media images about mothers -- the superficial achievements of celebrity moms, the sensational coverage of dangerous day care, the media-manufactured "mommy wars" between working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth contends that this "new momism" has been shaped by out-of-date mores, and that no matter how hard they try, women will never achieve it. In this must-read for every woman, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels shatter the myth of the perfect mom and all but shout, "We're not gonna take it anymore!"

Author: Susan Douglas, Meredith Michaels
ISBN-10: 0743260465
ISBN-13: 9780743260466
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 02/08/2005
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.20d
By Susan Douglas
By Susan Douglas
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Susan J. Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination, Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, and Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922. Her journalistic articles have appeared in The Nation, Ms., In These Times, TV Guide, and The Progressive.

Meredith W. Michaels is a writer who doubles as a philosophy professor at Smith College. Her research and writing focus on the way that cultural changes affect our understanding of reproduction, parenthood, and childhood.

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