Heading home : motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality / Shani Orgad.
Heading home : motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality / Shani Orgad.
Heading home : motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality / Shani Orgad.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/3410
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. Heading Home: Forced Choices. Choice and Confidence Culture/Toxic Work Culture -- The Balanced Woman/Unequal Homes.
Part II. Heading the Home: The Personal Consequences of Forced Choices. Cupcake Mom/Family CEO -- Aberrant Mothers/Captive Wives.
Part III. Heading Where? Curbed Desires. The Mompreneur/Inarticulate Desire -- Inevitable Change/Invisible Chains.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Women in today's advanced capitalist societies are encouraged to "lean in." The media and government champion women's empowerment. In a cultural climate where women can seemingly have it all, why do so many successful professional women--lawyers, financial managers, teachers, engineers, and others--give up their careers after having children and be...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Heading home : motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality / Shani Orgad.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2019/3410
Record Identifier
74VKVeQOvbeX
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVeQOvbeX
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0231184727
9780231184724 (cloth ; alk. paper)
DDC
331.44
MMS ID
991024256700202626
