Motherhood in the Media: Infanticide, Journalism, and the Digital Age

by Barbara Barnett

Book Overview

This book examines contemporary media stories about women who kill their children. By analyzing media texts, motherhood blogs, and journalistic interviews, the book seeks to understand better maternal violence and the factors that lead women to harm their children. The central thesis of this book is that media practices have changed dramatically during the past 50 years, as has society's views on "appropriate" feminine behavior, yet definitions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138599603
• ISBN13: 9781138599604
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages