Mothers construct fathers: Destabilized patriarchy in La Leche League
dc.contributor.author | Blum, Linda M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Vandewater, Elizabeth A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T21:33:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T21:33:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Blum, Linda M.; Vandewater, Elizabeth A.; (1993). "Mothers construct fathers: Destabilized patriarchy in La Leche League." Qualitative Sociology 16(1): 3-22. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43548> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0162-0436 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-7837 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43548 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines changing masculine ideals from the point of view of women homemakers through a case study of La Leche League, a maternalist organization dedicated to breastfeeding and mother primacy. We suggest two reasons for studying the League: first, an emerging literature suggests that changing norms are seeping into many such seemingly conservative groups, and second, the League continues to be highly successful among white, middle-class, married women. The paper looks at two aspects of masculinity, examining changes in the League through fieldwork, interviews, and content analysis, and finds that new norms of increased father involvement and decreased rights over women's bodies have both influenced League philosophy. We conclude that while in some respects a measure of the decline of men's patriarchal privileges, the League's changes also may contribute to a “restabilization” of male dominance in a modified, partial form. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Interdisciplinary Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Sciences, General | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Issues | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Cross Cultural Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | Mothers construct fathers: Destabilized patriarchy in La Leche League | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-1382, Ann Arbor, MI | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43548/1/11133_2004_Article_BF00990071.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00990071 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Qualitative Sociology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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