Essential labor mothering as social change
The COVID-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is arguable the most essential work humans do. Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a rigorously reported look at what mother is, and can be. She contends that while the labor or raising...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is arguable the most essential work humans do. Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a rigorously reported look at what mother is, and can be. She contends that while the labor or raising children is devalued in America, the act of mothering offers the radical potential to create a more equitable society. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 222 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222). |
| ISBN: | 9780062937360 0062937367 |
