Writing the modern family : contemporary literature, motherhood and neoliberal culture /

"This book examines the growing body of autobiographical and fictional writing on family and parenting issues in Anglo-American culture from the late 1990s to the present day"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Garrett, Roberta, 1965- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Series:	Radical cultural studies.
Subjects:	Families in literature. English prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism. American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism. English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. English fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. Women > United States > Biography > History and criticism. Women > Great Britain > Biography > History and criticism. Parenthood in literature. Motherhood in literature. American fiction. American prose literature > Women authors. English fiction. English prose literature > Women authors. Women > Biography. Great Britain. United States. 1900-2099 Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Writing Home: The Return to the Domestic in Women's Fiction
I Blame the Parents: Class, Race and Mother-hate in Contemporary Misery Memoirs
Novels and Children: Mums Lit and the Public Mother
Maternal Memoirs: Truth, Myth and Resistance in the work of Chua, Myerson and Cusk
Fathers know best: dads lit and the childcare wars of the mid 2000s
Angels and Demons: Mother/Son Conflict and Bonding in the Dysfunctional Domestic Novel
A Home of One's Own: Domestic Crime Fiction, Motherhood and Property
Conclusion A #metoo for Motherhood?