WGST 3812 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Michelle Obama, Elizabeth R, Sociology Of The Family

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 3812
• Professor: Sriskandarajah

Document Summary

Purpose: withi(cid:374) (cid:272)ultural dis(cid:272)ourse, pres(cid:272)riptio(cid:374)s for (cid:858)good(cid:859) (cid:373)otherhood e(cid:454)ist (209, how media conversations about republican vice-presidential candidate sarah palin, democratic. Presidential nominee hillary clinton, and first lady michelle obama during the 2008 presidential election campaign illustrate existing notions of good motherhood. Hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)i(cid:272), (cid:858)i(cid:374)te(cid:374)si(cid:448)e(cid:859) (cid:373)otherhood is (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terized (cid:373)ore positi(cid:448)el(cid:455) tha(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) other (cid:448)ersio(cid:374) of motherhood (211) Cultural discourse surrounding these mothers maps onto very specific constructions of gender, race, class, age, and family structure. Ideology of intensive mothering and its institutionalization in social arrangements and practices constitutes a hegemonic motherhood. Hege(cid:373)o(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:373)otherhood is a (cid:862)patriar(cid:272)hal (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)tio(cid:374): it ties (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s ide(cid:374)tities to their roles as (cid:272)hild raisers a(cid:374)d (cid:374)urturers of others, (cid:373)ore ge(cid:374)erall(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1005)4(cid:895) Dominant ideologies and discourses of mothering and motherhood are racialized, racist, and classist. At all times all women know who they must be to be a good mother even if that status is out of reach for entire groups of women (215)