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Considers the mother-blaming theories of psychological and medical "experts," bad mothers in the popular media, the scapegoating of mothers in politics, and the punitive approach to "bad" mothers by social service and legal authorities

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    A Paperback / softback by Molly Ladd-Taylor, Lauri Umansky

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/01/1998
      ISBN13: 9780814751206, 978-0814751206
      ISBN10: 0814751202

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      Book Synopsis
      Considers the mother-blaming theories of psychological and medical "experts," bad mothers in the popular media, the scapegoating of mothers in politics, and the punitive approach to "bad" mothers by social service and legal authorities

      Trade Review
      ". . . a powerful volume of finely written essays." * Journal of Social History *

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