Laboring mothers : reproducing women and work in the eighteenth century /
Laboring Mothers merges and expands on two feminist dialogues to create a novel transatlantic cultural history of eighteenth-century working motherhood. Addressing both historical women and representations of a "type," the book demonstrates how ideas about the public sphere and maternity i...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2023].
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| Summary: | Laboring Mothers merges and expands on two feminist dialogues to create a novel transatlantic cultural history of eighteenth-century working motherhood. Addressing both historical women and representations of a "type," the book demonstrates how ideas about the public sphere and maternity interacted to create systems of power and privilege among working mothers. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813950273 0813950279 9780813950280 0813950287 |