Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering
Life Choices, Identities and Methods
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 14. September 2023
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-1-4473-6562-4 (ISBN)
Description
What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives.
This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women's individual biographical experiences, illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state, media, religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust, rapport, reflexivity and self-care, this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women's lives.
This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women's individual biographical experiences, illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state, media, religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust, rapport, reflexivity and self-care, this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women's lives.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6562-4 (9781447365624)
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Life Choices, Identities and Methods
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Life Choices, Identities and Methods
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Persons
Lyudmila Nurse is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford.
Lisa Moran is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Care and Early Childhood, South East Technological University (SETU).
Katerina Sidiropulu-Janku is Senior Researcher in the Institute for Applied Research on Ageing, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.
Lisa Moran is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Care and Early Childhood, South East Technological University (SETU).
Katerina Sidiropulu-Janku is Senior Researcher in the Institute for Applied Research on Ageing, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences.
Content
Introduction: Biographical Approaches to Mothering - Identities and Lived Realities - Lyudmila Nurse, Lisa Moran and Katerina Sidiropulu-Janku
1. Becoming and Being a Polish Mother: Narratives on the Motherhood Experience - Katarzyna Gajek, Poland
2. "A Good Mother is a Good Mother and a Good Wife": Gender Politics and Mothering Practice Among Older Iranian Muslim Women - Elham Amini, UK
3. Exploration of Mothering and Shifting Identities in Kenya - Fibian Lukalo, Kenya
4. Biographies of Roma Mothering in Contemporary Czechia. Exploring Tapestries of Multi-ethnic Gendered Identity in a Marginalised Social Position - Katerina Sidiropulu Janku, Austria & Jana Obrovska, Czech Republic
5. Identities and Life Choices of Mothers in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood in England - Lyudmila Nurse, UK
6. Giving Voice to Irish Mothers Experiencing Separation and Divorce - Rosemary Crosse and Michelle Millar, Ireland
7. Ideal, Good Enough, and Failed Motherhood: How Disabled Canadian Mothers Manage in Hostile Circumstances - Claudia Malacrida, Canada
8. Confronting Meanings of Motherhood in Neoliberal Australia: Six Crystallized Case Studies - Laetitia Coles, Emma Cooke & Jasneek Chawla, Australia
9. Unplanned Breakdown of Foster Mothering: Biographical Perspectives on Identity Challenges of Foster Mothers - Daniela Reimer, Switzerland
10. Non-Mothers: Identities, Ambiguity, Biography Making and Life Choices - Joan Cronin, Ireland
Conclusion: Exploring Mothering in Future Biographical Research: Interdisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity and New Research Agendas - Lisa Moran, Lyudmila Nurse and Katerina Sidiropulu-Janku
1. Becoming and Being a Polish Mother: Narratives on the Motherhood Experience - Katarzyna Gajek, Poland
2. "A Good Mother is a Good Mother and a Good Wife": Gender Politics and Mothering Practice Among Older Iranian Muslim Women - Elham Amini, UK
3. Exploration of Mothering and Shifting Identities in Kenya - Fibian Lukalo, Kenya
4. Biographies of Roma Mothering in Contemporary Czechia. Exploring Tapestries of Multi-ethnic Gendered Identity in a Marginalised Social Position - Katerina Sidiropulu Janku, Austria & Jana Obrovska, Czech Republic
5. Identities and Life Choices of Mothers in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood in England - Lyudmila Nurse, UK
6. Giving Voice to Irish Mothers Experiencing Separation and Divorce - Rosemary Crosse and Michelle Millar, Ireland
7. Ideal, Good Enough, and Failed Motherhood: How Disabled Canadian Mothers Manage in Hostile Circumstances - Claudia Malacrida, Canada
8. Confronting Meanings of Motherhood in Neoliberal Australia: Six Crystallized Case Studies - Laetitia Coles, Emma Cooke & Jasneek Chawla, Australia
9. Unplanned Breakdown of Foster Mothering: Biographical Perspectives on Identity Challenges of Foster Mothers - Daniela Reimer, Switzerland
10. Non-Mothers: Identities, Ambiguity, Biography Making and Life Choices - Joan Cronin, Ireland
Conclusion: Exploring Mothering in Future Biographical Research: Interdisciplinarity, Transdisciplinarity and New Research Agendas - Lisa Moran, Lyudmila Nurse and Katerina Sidiropulu-Janku