Noncustodial Mothering: A Cultural Paradox of Competent Performance-Performative Competence

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-108

  Eicher Catt, Deborah ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Communication; Mothering; Performativity; Phenomenology; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642578138     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241603259811     Document Type: Review

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