Mothering and the work of educational care – an integrative approach

Bibliographic Data

ID11166301
AuthorsD Golden (0000-0002-3944-0412, University of Haifa, corresponding author), L Erdreich (0000-0002-5005-1784, Carmel (Israel))
Year2014
Volume35
Issue2
Pages263-277
Publication date2014-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01425692.2012.747589
OpenAlexW1996068608
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited67

This article, through looking at mothers' modes of engagement with their children's education, proposes an integrative analytical approach to the study of the making of mothers, mothering, and motherhood. The article presents and brings into dialogue four different bodies of anthropological and sociological literature: mothering as a form of care work, anthropological work on child-rearing in different cultural settings, sociological studies of the class negotiation of home–school boundaries, and the theoretical and empirical literature on consumption in post-industrial society. Bringing together ideas of care, culture, class, and consumption into one analytical framework is crucial for attending to, in holistic fashion, the complex ways in which mothering, in different social–cultural contexts, is perceived and practiced.Keywords: educationmotheringcareconsumptionclassculture

Care work · Class (philosophy · Consumption (sociology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Negotiation · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Parental Involvement in Education