Constructions of good mothering during lockdown learning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12231780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucy Bailey (0000-0003-1828-6273, Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain, Zallaq, Bahrain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 674-689 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0253 • E-ISSN: 1360-0516 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540253.2021.2011839 |
| OpenAlex | W4200161680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 31 |
This paper examines the relationship between school closures during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ideology of intensive mothering through analysis of posts on lockdown learning in an online mothering community. It is argued that although the school closures seemed to constitute an endorsement and normalisation of intensive mothering ideology [Hays (1996). The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood. New Haven: Yale University Press] by the machinery of government, and increased the pressure upon many women, some mothers resisted these expectations in this online forum. The online community served as a space in which intensive mothering expectations were articulated [Lehner-Mear (2020). “Good Mother, Bad Mother? Maternal Identities and Cyber-Agency in the Primary School Homework Debate.” Gender and Education 33 (3): 285–305] but also offered an arena for cyber-agency, enabling women to express negative emotions, and normalising the rejection of expert constructions of mothering
Agency (philosophy · Ethnography · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |