The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

by Sharon Hays

Book Overview

"Hays's intellectually incendiary Cultural Contradictions could add needed nuance to feminist thought-and perhaps ignite change in mothers? overburdened lives."-Phyllis Eckhaus, The Nation "A lucid, probing examination of our culture's contradictory and troubled relationship to motherhood-and how it affects mothers. . . . A thoughtful analysis of the paradoxes that surround mothering. Hays is sensitive to the emotional issues involved-and equally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076525
• ISBN13: 9780300076523
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"