Motherhood and the media under the Microscope: The backlash against feminism and the Mommy Wars

Kim Akass

Motherhood and the media under the Microscope: The backlash against feminism and the Mommy Wars

Kim Akass

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Despite the passing of sexual discrimination legislation, the difficulty of combining work and motherhood repeatedly hits the headlines. This paper looks at the American media phenomenon known as the ‘mommy wars’ and asks if British mothers can expect to face the same issues and attitudes as their American sisters

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	n/a
Journal	Imaginations
Volume	4
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Nov 2013

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