Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Debunking the All-American Mom: Philip Wylie’s Momism Critique 19
6. 2. Mothers of the Nation: Patriotic Maternalism and Its Critics 55
7. 3. Pathologizing Mother Love: Mental Health and Maternal Affectivity 86
8. 4. Banishing the Suffering Mother: The Quest for Painless Childbirth 118
9. 5. Mother-Blaming and The Feminine Mystique : Betty Friedan and Her Readers 146
10. Notes 179
11. Index 241