{"product_id":"bad-mothers-the-politics-of-blame-in-twentieth-century-america-9780814751206","title":"Bad Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the past quarter century, bad mothers have moved noticeably toward center stage in American culture. While Susan Smith will eventually fade from the tabloids, the monster mother that she represents has a storied and long history. Mothers have been blamed for a host of problems, from autism in children (due to chilly refrigerator mothers), to homosexuality (attributed to smothering moms), to welfare dependency and crime (caused by black matriarchs and single mothers).\u003cbr\u003e Some mothers are not good mothers. No one can deny that. There are women who neglect their children, abuse them, and fail to provide them with proper psychological nurturance. While such mothers have always stimulated the American imagination, the definition of what constitutes a bad mother has expanded significantly in recent years. Indeed, with a distinct minority of American families living the two-parent, one-worker lifestyle once considered the norm, we all face the discomfiting question, Do most mothers now qualify as bad mothers in one way or another?\u003cbr\u003e Drawing together the work of prominent scholars and journalists, \u003cb\u003eBad Mothers\u003c\/b\u003e considers such diverse topics as the mother-blaming theories of psychological and medical experts, bad mothers in the popular media, the scapegoating of mothers in politics, and the punitive approach to bad mothers by social service and legal authorities. The volume also includes the stories of individual bad mothers, from sterilization survivor Willie Mallory to rock star Courtney Love. Ably edited by two leading scholars, \u003cb\u003eBad Mothers\u003c\/b\u003e marks an important contribution to the literature on motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Molly Ladd-Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.93h x 6.02w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814751206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1997 pg. 591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLadd-Taylor, Molly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMolly Ladd-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at York University in Ontario and author of \u003ci\u003eMother-Work: Women, Child Welfare and the State, 1890-1930\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUmansky, Lauri:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLauri Umansky\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Suffolk University and is the author of The New Disability History: American Perspectives and Bad Mother: The Politics of Blame in the Twentieth Century America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183699406963,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e308fb41-b200-449d-a582-6b3739019e99.jpg?v=1655558114","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/bad-mothers-the-politics-of-blame-in-twentieth-century-america-9780814751206","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}