Middle-class Mothers' Moralities and 'Concerted Cultivation
Class Others, Ambivalence and Excess
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2322350 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maud Perrier (0000-0001-8531-5092, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 655-670 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038512453789 |
| OpenAlex | W2148888738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 58 |
| References cited | 31 |
Drawing on a small qualitative study of mothers in the UK, this article argues that although concerted cultivation and intensive parenting are legitimated as 'good' parenting, these discourses have uneven effects on middle-class mothers' moral identities. My contention is that by focusing too much on processes of capital accumulation and transmission, studies of parenting risk simplifying the contradictory effects of these discourses on middle-class parents' subjectivities. I argue that accounting for how power is enacted on as well as by middle-class mothers provides some resources for an account of contemporary parenting that better reflects the complexity and diversity of middle-class mothers' experiences, including their ambivalence about concerted cultivation and their fears about the excesses of the middle-class emphasis on education
Ambivalence · Class (philosophy) · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Middle class · Political science · Power (physics) · Social class · Sociology · Anthropology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 58 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,83 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |