Small animals : parenthood in the age of fear / Kim Brooks.
Small animals : parenthood in the age of fear / Kim Brooks.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2018.
Call Numbers
H 2019/2850
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I: Fear itself. The day I left my son in the car ; Parenthood as a competitive sport ; The fabrication of fear ; Negative feedback ; Self-report -- Part II: The cost of fear. What a horrible mother ; Quality of life ; Guinea pigs ; Small animals.
Publication information
Publisher
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. In Small Animals, Brooks asks, of all the emotions inherent in parenting...
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Small animals : parenthood in the age of fear / Kim Brooks.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242)
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General.
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
H 2019/2850
Record Identifier
74VKVQoLx3bl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVQoLx3bl
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ISBN
9781925712476 paperback
DDC
306.8743
MMS ID
991024198018702626
