REFERENCES
(Below is information that was on the Mothers Be Heard website - before Your Storyline had been concieved. For an understanding of this context see MBH The Story.)
Below are a list of some
key references that I have found interesting. While they are not the entirety of resources that I
catalogued on the mothersbeheard.com website they
offer important contributions to understanding the
complexities of modern motherhood:
Articles
Burke, N. (2006, May 4).
Women’s time squeeze. The Advertiser, p.14.
Lewis, S.E. & Nicolson,
P. (1998). Talking about early motherhood:
Recognizing loss and reconstructing depression.
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology,
16(2/3), 177-197.
Linguey, T. (2007, June
9). Motherhood revolution. The Advertiser,
pp.7-9.
Lupton, D. (2000). ‘A
love/hate relationship’: The ideals and experiences
of first-time mothers. Journal of Sociology,
36(1), 50-63.
Mansell, M. (2006, May
5). Burden of the modern mother. The Advertiser,
p.16.
Nicolson, P. (1999).
Loss, happiness and postpartum depression: The
ultimate paradox. Canadian Psychology, 40(2),
162-178.
Parenting SA. & Child and
Youth Health (2003). Being a mum: Parent easy
guide 76 [Brochure]. Australia: Parenting SA.
Books
Boulton, M. (1983). On
being a mother: A study of women with pre-school
children. London and New York: Tavistock
Publications.
Brown, S., Lumley, J.,
Small, R., & Astbury, J. (1994). Missing voices:
The experience of motherhood. Melbourne: Oxford
University Press.
Buchanan, A. (2003).
Mother shock: Loving every (other) minute of it.
U.S.A.: Seal Press.
Buttrose, I. & Adams, P.
(2005). Mother guilt. Australia, Victoria:
Penguin Group.
Evans, D. & Evans, S.
(2007). Mother who? Queensland: Big Sky
Publishing.
Fox-Genovese, E. (1996).
Feminism is not the story of my life: How today’s
feminist elite has lost touch with the real concerns
of women. U.S.A.: Anchor.
Friedan, B. (1963).
The feminine mystique. Australia: The Dominion
Press.
Government of South
Australia (2010). Implementing health in all
policies: Adelaide 2010. Kickbusch, I & Buckett,
K. (Eds.) South Australia: The Department of Health.
Hays, S. (1996). The
cultural contradictions of motherhood. New Haven
and London: Yale University Press.
Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission (2005). Striking the
balance: Women, men, work and family. Sydney:
HREOC.
Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission (2007). It’s About Time:
Women, men, work and family. Sydney: HREOC.
LeBlanc, W. (1999).
Naked motherhood: Shattering illusions and sharing
truths. Australia: Random House.
LeBlanc, W. (2002).
Mothers in conflict: Expectation and experience.
PhD Thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW,
Australia.
Manne, A. (2005).
Motherhood: How should we care for our children?
Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
Maushart, S. (1997).
The mask of motherhood: How mothering changes
everything and why we pretend it doesn’t.
Australia: Random House.
Maushart, S. (2005).
What women want next. Melbourne: The Text
Publishing Company.
Miller, T. (2005).
Making sense of motherhood: A narrative approach.
United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Parliament of South
Australia. (2004). Postnatal depression inquiry:
Twentieth report of the social development
committee. South Australia: Parliament of South
Australia.
Power, R. (2008). The
divided heart: Art and motherhood. Melbourne:
Red Dog Books.
Rich, A. (1976). Of
woman born: Motherhood as experience and
institution. New York and London: W.W. Norton &
Company.
Salt, B. (2006). The
big picture: Life, work and relationships in the 21st
century. Prahran, Victoria: Hardie Grant books.
Taplin, A. (2007).
Being mummy. South Australia: Wakefield Press.
Thurer, S. (1994). The
myths of motherhood: How culture reinvents the Good
Mother. U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Williamson, V. (2005).
A hermeneutic phenomenological study of women's
experiences of postnatal depression and health
professional intervention. PhD Thesis,
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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