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The Good Mother brings together essays on the contemporary relevance of the 'good mother' in Australia. Although the ideals of the 'good mother' change with time, fashion and context, they persist in public policy, the media, popular culture and workplaces. They place pressure on women to conform to particular standards, against which they are judged and judge themselves.
This book captures the diversity of contemporary women's experiences. Chapters address the experiences of executive mothers, mothers working in manual trades, 'yummy mummies' and 'slummy mummies', low income mothers, single mothers, Indigenous mothers, lesbian parents, adoptive mothers and mothers negotiating schools and school choice. The essays demonstrate that while the 'good mother' is no longer exclusively white, heterosexual, economically dependent and child focused, prevailing ideas about mothers and motherhood continue to influence the way 'types' of women are represented and the way that all mothers think, act and present themselves.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the authors
1. The good mother in theory and research: an overview
Susan Goodwin and Kate Huppatz
2. Good executive, good mother: contradictory devotions
Colleen Chesterman and Anne Ross-Smith
3. Mother of all constructions: mothers in male-dominated work
Louisa Smith
4. Mothers making class distinctions: the aesthetics of maternity
Susan Goodwin and Kate Huppatz
5. Good mothers go school shopping
Claire Aitchison
6. The good mother and the high school: a view from the 20th century
Helen Proctor
7. Mothers and mutual obligation: policy reforming the good mother
Megan Blaxland
8. Misrepresenting Indigenous mothers: maternity allowances in the media
Leanne Cutcher and Talila Milroy
9. Aboriginal mother yarns
Jane Moore and Lynette Riley
10. Mother impossible: the experiences of lesbian parents
Margot Rawsthorne
11. Being a real mother: adoptive mothers' experiences
Denise Lynch
Index
