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... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > motherhood studies
social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies

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motherhood studies  

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  • In the past 30 years the subject of motherhood has emerged, most notably in North America, as a significant topic of scholarly inquiry across a wide range of academic disciplines, including the field of Women Studies. Partly initiated by the 1976 publication of Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, motherhood research has blossomed from a narrow investigation of the oppressive and empowering dimensions of motherhood to a wider, international field of feminist scholarship that, in that past 10 years, has studied how mothering and motherhood intersect with class, race, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, the law, social policy, and personal agency.Origins of Motherhood StudiesThe term motherhood studies was coined by Dr. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Motherhood Studies]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-V13C2M39-X

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