A feminist discourse analysis of popular-press accounts of postmaternity

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-108

  Sheriff, Michelle ^a   Weatherall, Ann ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Empty nest; Ideological dilemmas; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849117197     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353508098621     Document Type: Article

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