Inventing maternity : politics, science, and literature, 1650-1865 /

Not until the eighteenth century was the image of the tender, full-time mother invented. This image retains its power today. Inventing Maternity demonstrates that, despite its association with an increasingly standardized set of values, motherhood remained contested terrain. Drawing on feminist, cul...

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Other Authors / Creators:Barash, Carol.
Greenfield, Susan C.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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