Mothers on Mothers: Maternal Readings of Popular Television

Feasey, Rebecca

doi:10.3726/978-3-0353-0791-7

Mothers on Mothers: Maternal Readings of Popular Television

dc.contributor.author	Feasey, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-03T09:58:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-03T09:58:13Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	From Supernanny to Gilmore Girls, from Katie Price to Holly Willoughby, a wide range of examples of mothers and motherhood appear on television today. Drawing on questionnaires completed by mothers across the UK, this book sheds new light on the varied and diverse ways in which expectant, new and existing mothers make sense of popular representations of motherhood on television. The volume examines the ways in which these women find pleasure, empowerment, escapist fantasy, displeasure and frustration in popular depictions of motherhood. The research seeks to present the voice of the maternal audience and, as such, it takes as its starting point those maternal depictions and motherwork representations that are highlighted by this demographic, including figures such as Tess Daly and Katie Hopkins and programmes like TeenMom and Kirstie Allsopp’s œuvre.
dc.description.url	https://www.peterlang.com/view/title/36531?rskey=Ju6Xna&result=9
dc.format.extent	266
dc.identifier.doi	10.3726/978-3-0353-0791-7
dc.identifier.isbn	9783035397451
dc.identifier.isbn	9783035307917
dc.identifier.isbn	9783035397444
dc.identifier.isbn	9783034318266
dc.identifier.uri	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/968
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publishedIn	Oxford
dc.publisher	Peter Lang
dc.rights	L::CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.subject.ddc	ddc:305.3
dc.subject.field	englishstudies
dc.subject.field	mediastudies
dc.subject.field	genderstudies
dc.subject.field	britishstudies
dc.title	Mothers on Mothers: Maternal Readings of Popular Television
dc.type	monograph
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dspace.entity.type	Publication