Being a Good Mom: Low-Income, Black Single Mothers Negotiate Intensive Mothering

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 351-370

  Elliott, Sinikka ^a   Powell, Rachel ^a   Brenton, Joslyn ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive mothering; matrix of domination; motherhood; poverty; single parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920508899     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13490279     Document Type: Article

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