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TITLE:
Mothering and Motherhood: A Decade Review
AUTHOR(S):
Teresa Arendell
DOCUMENT TYPE: Article
Forthcoming:
Journal of Marriage and the Family,
Special Issue: Decade Reviews
November 2000
*Teresa Arendell is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Working Families and Professor of Sociology at Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
Working Paper No. 3
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ABSTRACT:
Mothering and motherhood are the subjects of a rapidly expanding body of literature. Considered in this decade review are two predominant streams in this work. One is the theorizing of mothering and motherhood and the other is the empirical study of the mothering experience. Conceptual developments have been propelled particularly by feminist scholarship, including the increasing attention to racial ethnic diversity and practices. The conceptualizations of the ideology of intensive mothering and of maternal practice are among the significant contributions. Study of mothering has focused attention on a wide array of specific topics and relationships among variables, including, issues of maternal well-being, maternal satisfaction, and mothers’ employment.