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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Study of Motherhood -- 2 Reflections on Motherhood: Theory and Popular Culture -- 3 Paid Employment and the Practice of Motherhood -- 4 Enabling Policies: In Theory and in Practice -- 5 Mothering and Poverty -- 6 Mothers, Mothering, and Mental Health -- 7 "Other" Mothers, "Other" Mothering -- 8 The Future of Motherhood -- References

Ross explores the topic of mothering from the perspective of Western society and encourages students and readers to identify and critique the historical, social, and political contexts in which mothers are understood.