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Women, Work, and Families
Balancing and Weaving
First Edition
- Angela Jean Hattery - Wake Forest University, USA
February 2001 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
Introduction and History of Women's Labour Force Participation
Ideologies of Motherhood
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?'
`He's Got to Learn That the World Is Not Just He Alone'
The Power of Ideology and the Ideology of Power
"Hattery’s book is an important contribution to this literature. The book is engaging and is well written. I would recommend this book and encourage Hattery to continue examination of this construct."
Psychology of Women Quarterly
