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Her research is based on interviews with attachment. Conducting academic scholarship relationally in this way is becoming rarer and is a testament to the scholarly contribution of this book. Charlotte faircloth is a leverhulme trust early career fellow, based in the centre for parenting culture studies at the university of kent, where her research explores parenting, gender, intimacy and equality. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france by charlotte faircloth show all authors. Hoffman is an associate professor of anthropology of education and international comparative education at the curry school of education, university of virginia. Pdf womanly art of breastfeeding synopsis pdf download. Charlotte faircloth is a leverhulme trust early career fellow at the centre for parenting culture studies, university of kent, uk. Her research is based on interviews with attachment mothers, some of whom continue breastfeeding.
Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making. Charlotte faircloth following networks of mothers in london and paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a. These mothers talk about their decision to continue breastfeeding as the natural thing. Explores how, and why, the detachment and attachment of parents and children has become a social problem.
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Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france 278. Negotiating ideologies of kinship, self and politics relationships and resources 1 by faircloth, charlotte, hoffman, diane m. Critical perspectives sociological futures 1 by harman, vicki, cappellini, benedetta, faircloth, charlotte isbn. Dr charlotte faircloth is a leverhulme trust early career fellow in the centre for parenting culture studies at the university of kent. Charlotte has an ma hons archaeology and anthropology, mphil social anthropological research, phd cantab social anthropology and a.
By unpacking mundane food occasions from school dinners to domestic meals and from breakfast to snacks feeding children inside and outside the home shows the role of food in the everyday lives of children and adults around them. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the u. Jan macvarish is a research fellow in the centre for health services studies at the university of kent, uk. Adultchild relations and the national vetting scheme.
Review of spaces and politics of motherhood, by kate boyer. She became senior lecturer in sociology in the department of social sciences at roehampton university, and is now associate professor in the. Sep 08, 2015 one of my criteria that will earn that fifth star for a book is really challenging my previous opinions. Dr charlotte faircloth is a lecturer in the department of social science at ucl institute of education, and a visiting scholar and founding member of centre for parenting culture studies cpcs at the university of kent. Following networks of mothers in london and paris, the author pr. The text focuses on the accounts of a small but significant population of mothers within lll who practise whats called attachment.
She completed her phd at the department of social anthropology at the university of cambridge, looking at womens experiences of attachment parenting and fullterm breastfeeding in london and paris. Charlotte faircloth is a visiting lecturer in sociology. Parenting in global perspective charlotte faircloth on. The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france by charlotte faircloth. Charlotte faircloth following networks of mothers in london and paris, the author profiles the narratives of women who breastfeed their children to full term, typically a period of several years, as part of an. University of kent the crosscultural dimension is one of the things that make this book unique and especially valuable overall, the book is on an important topic, based on sound research. She completed her phd at the department of social anthropology at the university of cambridge, looking at womens experiences of attachment parenting. This book is an excellent critique of the psychological literature around attachment, along similar lines to both bruer and kagan. Drawing on both sociological and anthropological perspectives, this volume explores crossnational trends and everyday experiences of parenting. The book investigates why, how, and with what implications some of these mothers describe. She finished it slightly early, in may 2011, upon being awarded a leverhulme trust early career fellowship. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france was published by berghahn books last month.
I wont say it was a fun book to read, but it really made me think. Unfortunately, the findings in this news story arent news to social researchers. One notable absence, however, is charlotte faircloths work. Young women in a neoliberal world by christina scharff. Militant lactivism attachment parenting and intensive. Infant care and maternal identity, oxford and new york. Get free shipping on parenting culture studies by ellie lee, from. Charlotte faircloth, phd, anthropologist and author of militant lactivism. Charlotte faircloths research works university college. Parenting in global perspective charlotte faircloth, diane.
Dr charlotte faircloth is a senior lecturer in the department of social sciences at the university of roehampton, london. On the one hand, they must be committed to egalitarian ideas about the division of care, while at the same time parenting intensively, in ways which are markedly more demanding for mothers, both physically and in terms of their own identity work faircloth, militant lactivism. Attachment parenting and intensive motherhood in the uk and france fertility, reproduction and sexuality. Charlotte faircloth is a leverhulme trust early career fellow with the. She is also a visiting scholar and founding member of the centre for parenting culture studies cpcs at the university of kent. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The text focuses on the accounts of a small but significant population of mothers within lll who practise whats called attachment parenting. Parenting culture studies ellie lee palgrave macmillan. Looks at the claimsmaking undertaken by a particular group of advocates attachment parents to explore how this has been formulated as a problem in political, medical, and lay terms.
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