Mothering while black : boundaries and burdens of middle-class parenthood /
"Informed by news stories, such as those of the fatal shootings of Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin, and engaged with ongoing popular and academic discussions of work and family conflict, Mothering While Black makes significant contributions to the sociology of work and family, race and ethnicity...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : not part of that white mother society
- Creating racial safety and comfort
- Border crossers : understanding struggle
- Border policers : finding our kind of people
- Border transcenders : challenging traditional notions of racial authenticity
- The market-family matrix : the social construction of integrated and conflicted frameworks of work/life balance
- Racial histories of family and work : paid employment is a mother's duty
- Alternative configuration of childrearing : supporting mothers' public sphere activities through extended family parenting
- Conclusion and implications : navigating race, class, and gender in motherhood, parenting and work.
