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Book SynopsisWhat does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. Considering self-care, rapport, trust and self-reflection, the collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women's lives.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Biographical Approaches to Mothering- Identities and Lived Realities – Lyudmila Nurse, Lisa Moran and Kateřina Sidiropulu-Janků 1. Becoming and Being a Polish Mother: Narratives on the Motherhood Experience - Katarzyna Gajek, Poland 2. “A Good Mother is a Good Mother and a Good Wife”: Gender Politics, and Mothering Practice Among Older Iranian Muslim Women - Elham Amini, UK 3. The Emergence of a Pandemic, Biographical Disruption and the Exploration of Mothering and Shifting Identities - Fibian Lukalo, Kenya 4. Biographies of Roma Mothering in Contemporary Czechia. Exploring Tapestries of Multi-ethnic Gendered Identity in a Marginalised Social Position - Kateřina Sidiropulu Janků, Austria & Jana Obrovská, Czech Republic 5. Identities and Life Choices of Mothers in a Disadvantaged Neighbourhood in England - Lyudmila Nurse, UK 6. Giving Voice to Irish Mothers Experiencing Separation and Divorce - Rosemary Crosse and Michelle Millar, Ireland 7. Ideal, Good Enough, and Failed Motherhood: How Disabled Canadian Mothers Manage in Hostile Circumstances - Claudia Malacrida, Canada 8. Confronting Meanings of Motherhood in Neoliberal Australia: Six Crystallized Case Studies - Laetitia Coles, Emma Cooke & Jasneek Chawla, Australia 9. Unplanned Breakdown of Foster Mothering. Biographical Perspectives on Identity Challenges of Foster Mothers - Daniela Reimer, Switzerland 10. Non-Mothers: Identities, Ambiguity, Biography Making and Life Choices - Joan Cronin, Ireland Conclusion: Exploring Mothering in Future Biographical Research- Inter-disciplinarity, Trans-disciplinarity and New Research Agendas - Lisa Moran, Lyudmila Nurse and Kateřina Sidiropulu-Janků
