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The Juggling Mother upends popular representations of the supermom, showing her to be a cultural construction and the model neoliberal worker.



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Watson's book is a crucial, nuanced, and astute analysis of the ways in which our current capitalist system is failing mothers. -- Melinda Vandenbeld Giles, University of Toronto and Lakehead University * University of Toronto Quarterly *

Table of Contents

1 Coming Undone

2 The Juggling Mother

3 C-Suite Moms

4 You Are What You Nurse

5 Avoiding Regret

6 Dropping the Ball

Notes; Works Cited; Index

The Juggling Mother

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    Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
    Publication Date: 22/11/2020
    ISBN13: 9780774864626, 978-0774864626
    ISBN10: 0774864621

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The Juggling Mother upends popular representations of the supermom, showing her to be a cultural construction and the model neoliberal worker.



    Trade Review
    Watson's book is a crucial, nuanced, and astute analysis of the ways in which our current capitalist system is failing mothers. -- Melinda Vandenbeld Giles, University of Toronto and Lakehead University * University of Toronto Quarterly *

    Table of Contents

    1 Coming Undone

    2 The Juggling Mother

    3 C-Suite Moms

    4 You Are What You Nurse

    5 Avoiding Regret

    6 Dropping the Ball

    Notes; Works Cited; Index

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