Bad Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America Contributor(s): Ladd-Taylor, Molly (Editor), Umansky, Lauri (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814751199 ISBN-13: 9780814751190 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - History | United States - General |
Dewey: 306.874 |
LCCN: 97021142 |
Physical Information: 1.27" H x 6.3" W x 9.22" (1.52 lbs) 422 pages |
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Publisher Description: In the past quarter century, bad mothers have moved noticeably toward center stage in American culture. While Susan Smith will eventually fade from the tabloids, the monster mother that she represents has a storied and long history. Mothers have been blamed for a host of problems, from autism in children (due to chilly refrigerator mothers), to homosexuality (attributed to smothering moms), to welfare dependency and crime (caused by black matriarchs and single mothers). |
Contributor Bio(s): Ladd-Taylor, Molly: - Molly Ladd-Taylor is Associate Professor of History at York University in Ontario and author of Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare and the State, 1890-1930. Umansky, Lauri: -Lauri Umansky is Professor of History at Suffolk University and is the author of The New Disability History: American Perspectives and "Bad Mother: The Politics of Blame in the Twentieth Century America. |