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Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting Patricia Hamilton (University College London)

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting By Patricia Hamilton (University College London)

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting by Patricia Hamilton (University College London)


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This outstanding work examines black mothers' engagements with attachment parenting and shows how it both undermines and reflects neoliberalism. Unique in its intersectional analysis, it fills a gap in the literature, drawing on black feminist theorizing to examine intensive mothering practices and policies.

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting Summary

Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting: A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada by Patricia Hamilton (University College London)

Attachment parenting is an increasingly popular style of childrearing that emphasises 'natural' activities such as extended breastfeeding, bedsharing and babywearing. Such parenting activities are framed as the key to addressing a variety of social ills. Parents' choices are thus made deeply significant with the potential to guarantee the well-being of future societies. Examining black mothers' engagements with attachment parenting, Hamilton shows the limitations of this neoliberal approach. Unique in its intersectional analysis of contemporary mothering ideologies, this outstanding book fills a gap in the literature on parenting culture studies, drawing on black feminist theorizing to analyse intensive mothering practices and policies. Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting is shortlisted for the 2021 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize.

About Patricia Hamilton (University College London)

Patricia Hamilton is a Marie Curie Research Fellow in the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the University College London. Her current project is an intersectional examination of parental leave policy development and use in the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Contexualizing AP: Attachment Parenting's Rise To Prominence (And Infamy) From Scientific Motherhood To Intensive Mothering Why Now? AP In A Neoliberal, Postracial Context Part II: AP And Parenting Advice In Britain And Canada Best For Whom? Experiences Of Breastfeeding Mother Knows Best? Bedsharing Against Expert Advice Babywearing: Fads, Dangers and Cultural Appropriation Part III: Dividing Parenting Labour Negotiating Parental Leave Policies in Britain and Canada 'Staying At Home' Or 'Choosing To Work' Part IV: Constructing An Oppositional Model Of Good Motherhood Reclaiming AP Conclusion

Additional information

NGR9781529207941
9781529207941
1529207940
Black Mothers and Attachment Parenting: A Black Feminist Analysis of Intensive Mothering in Britain and Canada by Patricia Hamilton (University College London)
New
Paperback
Bristol University Press
2022-06-14
224
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