"I feel quite organized this morning": How mothering is achieved through talk

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-35

  Guendouzi, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive accounts of mothering; Discursive positions of motherhood; Historical roles of motherhood; The good enough mother; The good mother; Verbal resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; CONVERSATION; DOMESTICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 22644434875     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660500111107     Document Type: Article

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