From Here to Maternity: Becoming a Mother

by Ann Oakley

Book Overview

Ann Oakley is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this reissue of her classic 1981 book, she interviews sixty English women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. Covering pregnancy, birth, and child care, she shares the stories of how mothers decide whether and why they want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines, and the challenge of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447349342
• ISBN13: 9781447349341
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"