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By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering.

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"Well written and thoroughly researched, the book provides an engaging examination of the cultural reconstruction of motherhood in the modern US." (Choice)"

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    A Paperback / softback by Rebecca Jo Plant

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 21/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780226670225, 978-0226670225
      ISBN10: 0226670228
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      Social and cultural history Gender studies: women and girls

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      Book Synopsis
      By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering.

      Trade Review
      "Well written and thoroughly researched, the book provides an engaging examination of the cultural reconstruction of motherhood in the modern US." (Choice)"

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