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The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women Paperback - 2005

by Susan J. Douglas; Meredith Michaels

Just as "The Feminine Mystique" got women out of the home, this book reveals the ground lost to an insidious movement that uses an idealized concept of motherhood to guilt women back into the cave.


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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working mothers and stay-at-home moms, and more -- The Mommy Myth contends that this "new momism" has been shaped by out-of-date mores, and that no matter how hard they try, women will never achieve it.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!"

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  • Title The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women
  • Author Susan J. Douglas; Meredith Michaels
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A
  • Date 2005-02-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780743260466 / 0743260465
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (21.59 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Family
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.874

About the author

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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