CHAPTER 5. The Mompreneur/Inarticulate Desire

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface and Acknowledgements vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. PART 1: Heading Home: Forced Choices
7. CHAPTER 1. Choice and Confidence Culture/ Toxic Work Culture 27
8. CHAPTER 2. The Balanced Woman/Unequal Homes 49
9. PART 2: Heading the Home: The Personal Consequences of Forced Choices
10. CHAPTER 3. Cupcake Mom/Family CEO 75
11. CHAPTER 4. Aberrant Mothers/Captive Wives 105
12. PART 3: Heading Where? Curbed Desires
13. CHAPTER 5. The Mompreneur/Inarticulate Desire 139
14. CHAPTER 6. Inevitable Change/Invisible Chains 167
15. Conclusion: Impatience 193
16. Appendix 1: Interviewees’ Key Characteristics 219
17. Appendix 2: List of Media and Policy Representations 223
18. Appendix 3: Study Methodology 233
19. Appendix 4: Characteristics of UK Stay-at-Home Mothers 243
20. Notes 245
21. Index 281