Description
This study of 30 mothers looks at the varying ways women balance work and family life. It is carried out through intensive interviews and the data is examined from several theoretical standpoints, including structural theory, motherhood theory, and feminist theory. Angela J. Hattery, PhD holds the Zachary T. Smith Reynolds Associate Professorship in Sociology and Women & Gender Studies at Wake Forest University. She completed her B.A. at Carleton College and her M.S. and PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before joining the faculty of Wake Forest in 1998. Her research focuses on social stratification, gender, family, and race. She is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and books, including another Sage book: Women, Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving (2001). Her forthcoming book Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships will appear in 2007. Introduction and History of Women’s Labour Force Participation Ideologies of Motherhood Content and the Dominant Model Balancing and Weaving to Be a `Good’ Mother Theoretical Paradigms for Understanding Maternal Labour Force Participation To Work or Not to Work? That Is the Question `Are Children Better Off if They Have New Bikes Rather Than Having You at Home?’ Motherhood Ideology anf the Construction of Economic Need `He’s Got to Learn That the World Is Not Just He Alone’ Solving the Childcare Dilemma The Power of Ideology and the Ideology of Power
