Women, Work, and Families: Balancing and Weaving / Edition 1

by Angela J. Hattery

Overview

This study of 30 mothers looks at the varying ways women balance work and family life. It is carried out through intensive interviews and the data is examined from several theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory. A supplemental text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in Family Studies Programs and Women's Studies programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761919360
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/05/2001
Series:	Understanding Families Series , #19
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Angela J. Hattery is Professor of the Women & Gender Studies and co-Director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Gender Based Violence at the University of Delaware. She received her BA in sociology and anthropology from Carleton College and her masters and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of 12 books. Her most recent Way Down in the Hole: Race, Intimacy and the Reproduction of Racial Ideologies in Solitary Confinement explores the ways in which racial antagonisms are exacerbated by the particular structures of solitary confinement. She is also the author of Policing Black Bodies: How Black Lives are Surveilled and How to Work for Change(2022) and Gender, Power and Violence: Responding to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence in Society Today.Prior to coming to UD she held positions at Ball State University, Wake Forest University, Colgate University, and most recently at George Mason University.

Table of Contents

Introduction and History of Women's Labour Force Participation
Ideologies of Motherhood
Content and the Dominant Model
Balancing and Weaving to Be a ‘Good' Mother
Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labour Force Participation
To Work or Not to Work? That Is the Question
‘Are Children Better Off if They Have New Bikes Rather Than Having You at Home?'
Motherhood Ideology anf the Construction of Economic Need
‘He's Got to Learn That the World Is Not Just He Alone'
Solving the Childcare Dilemma
The Power of Ideology and the Ideology of Power

Editorial Reviews

"Hattery’s book is an important contribution to this literature. The book is engaging and is well written. I would recommend this book and encourage Hattery to continue examination of this construct."

Psychology of Women Quarterly

A study of working mothers who juggle obligations to both work and family, seeking to understand the decision-making process these women go through. Interviews with 30 married women, all with children under two years of age, reveal a range of ways in which women weave together the strands of their lives. Information is examined from a number of theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory. A key variable that runs through the study is economic need and its effect on work patterns. Hattery teaches sociology at Wake Forest University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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