The Dialectics of Motherhood in 1950s New Zealand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Brickell (0000-0002-4304-5415, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, corresponding author), Fairleigh Gilmour (University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand), Fairleigh Evelyn Gilmour (0000-0001-6576-3787, University of Otago) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-430 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199019855107 |
| OpenAlex | W2952428149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
While numerous historians have questioned the assumption that the 1950s were wholly conservative in terms of gender politics, few have systematically explored the nuances of debates over motherhood in particular. This article asks how depictions of motherhood in two popular New Zealand magazines reflected multiple voices that spoke of the complexities of mothers’ experiences and broader ideologies of motherhood during this era. It develops the concept of “dialectics of motherhood” in order to account for the interwoven ways in which sophisticated debates over “good” and “bad” mothers helped to propel social changes that led to the second-wave feminist movement
Dialectic · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |