From Here to Maternity: Becoming a Mother
Ann Oakley
Abstract
The author of this book is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this classic re-issue, the author interviewed 60 women to find out what it is really like to have a baby. Covering pregnancy, birth and child care, the book relies on the stories mothers tell to discuss whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines, and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers. It shows that most women are unprepared for the birth or the work of caring for a baby, ... More
Keywords: women, motherhood, baby, sociological research, birth, child care, mothers, post-natal depression
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 | Print ISBN-13: 9781447349341 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: May 2019 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781447349341.001.0001 |
