On Being a 'Good' Mother: The Moral Presentation of Self in Written Life Stories

This article examines how women present a moral self in relation to public norms that constitute 'good' motherhood. The focus of this article is on two types of written life story: first, those written by mothers who express a past or current wish to divorce and, second, those written by l...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sociology (Oxford) 2008-06, Vol.42 (3), p.470-486
1. Verfasser: May, Vanessa
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