Silenced, Silence, Silent
Motherhood in the Margins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorelei Carpenter (0000-0003-2592-7809, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia), Helena Austin (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 660-674 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800407301179 |
| OpenAlex | W2025541623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 19 |
This project explores the experiences of women who mother children with ADHD.1 The authors use the metaphor of the text and the margin. The text is the "motherhood myth" that describes a particular sort of "good" mothering. The margin is the space beyond that text. This marginal space is inhabited by some or all of the mothers they spoke with, some or all of the time, as they fail to be recognized by the text. They explore the many sorts of silence, whether imposed or "strategic choice," that disable these women by segregating and isolating them. They also use the metaphor of trouble. They explore the troubling work these mothers do as they negotiate motherhood on the borders of that myth. The troubling work is itself troubled-as neither strategic silence nor strategic unsilence is without its risk, and both at times reinscribe the very mythology that denies these women
Aesthetics · Art · Linguistics · Literature · Margin (machine learning · Metaphor · Mythology · Negotiation · Silence · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Philosophy
Time Spent With Children and Working Parents' Willingness to Medicate ADHD-Like Behaviors
‘It would be much easier if we were just quiet and disappeared’
Silencing the single woman
Exploring motherhood dilemmas and coping strategies among mothers of children with autism
A comparative review of “how to” books for parents of ADHD children and “how to” books for parents of typical children
Constructing counter-narratives
No Good Choices
Family Engagement in Children with Mental Health Needs in a Chinese Context
Teenaged mother's narratives
Disability and transition from state education to community life
Hope amidst judgement
Corruption, Legal Modernisation and Judicial Practice in Afghanistan
Capturing the voices of mothers
Perplexing Presentations
Stories Untold
How to be recognized enough to be included
Mothering a Child With Complexity and Rarity
Motherhood and the disabled child in contexts of early education and care
Vulnerability and Emotions in Research
The Impossibility of Motherhood
In a Different Voice
Of Woman Born
The Logic of Practice
‘You do not have to say anything …’
Untold stories and the construction of identity in narratives of ethnic conflict on the Polish–German border
Silence as a means of preserving the status quo
Silence as a means of preserving the status quo
Introduction
What no baby? Why women are losing the freedom to mother, and how they can get it back
An invitation to reflexive sociology
Doing their jobs
Emplotting children's lives
Mothering children who have disabilities
The right of silence
But I Am a Good Mom
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |