The motherhood business : consumption, communication, and privilege /

The essays in this work examine how consumer culture both constrains and empowers contemporary motherhood. The collection demonstrates that the logic of consumerism and entrepreneurship has redefined both the experience of mothering and the marketplace.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Demo, Anne Teresa, 1968- (Editor), Borda, Jennifer L., 1973- (Editor), Kroløkke, Charlotte (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Series:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Description
Summary:The essays in this work examine how consumer culture both constrains and empowers contemporary motherhood. The collection demonstrates that the logic of consumerism and entrepreneurship has redefined both the experience of mothering and the marketplace.
Physical Description:viii, 288 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-269) and index.
ISBN:9780817318901
0817318909