Conflict How Overzealous Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women

Name: Conflict How Overzealous Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women
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ISBN: 9781250032096

ISBN-10: 1250032091

ISBN-13: 9781250032096

Edition: 2013

Authors: Elisabeth Badinter

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In the pathbreaking tradition of Backlash and The Time Bind, The Conflict, a #1 European bestseller, identifies a surprising setback to women's freedom: progressive modern motherhoodElisabeth Badinter has for decades been in the vanguard of the European fight for women's equality. Now, in an explosive new book, she points her finger at a most unlikely force undermining the status of women: liberal motherhood, in thrall to all that is "natural." Attachment parenting, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and especially breast-feeding—these hallmarks of contemporary motherhood have succeeded in tethering women to the home and family to an extent not seen since the 1950s. Badinter argues that the taboos…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Picador
Publication date: 6/4/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

ELISABETH BADINTER, internationally known feminist philosopher and historian, teaches at the ï¿½cole Polytechnique in Paris.LYDIA DAVIS is the author of Almost No Memory.



Foreword: The Silent Revolution



The State of Play



The Ambivalence of Motherhood



The Assault of Naturalism



The Sacred Alliance of Reactionaries



Mothers, You Owe Them Everything!



The Baby's Dominion



Overloading the Boat



The Diversity of Women's Aspirations



Wombs on Strike



French Women: A Special Case


Notes