How does feminism relate to motherhood, how has it changed over time, and what does the future of motherhood and feminism look like?
These are just some of the questions Amber E. Kinser, PhD, tackles in this latest addition to the Seal Studies Series.Motherhood and Feminismexamines the role of feminism within motherhood—a topic that has garnered a lot of attention lately as society shifts to adapt to new definitions of these roles—and offers insight into the core questions of motherhood: what it means to be a good mother, what role mothers play in the family and in society, and how motherhood has been redefined throughout time.
Kinser also speculates on the future directions of feminism—focusing on the expansion of contemporary mother activism that has occurred in the last 15 years, and emphasizing the need for that expansion to continue—and examines how the changing world of motherhood fits into feminist activism.
Amber E. Kinser is a professor of communication and the Director of Women’s Studies at East Tennessee State University. She holds a PhD in communication with an emphasis in gender and family studies from Purdue University, an MA from the University of South Florida emphasizing relationship communication and performance studies, and a BA from the University of South Florida emphasizing speech communication. She teaches courses on gender, social change, family communication, and feminism.
Kinser's research interests include feminism and motherhood, family interaction, sex communication, and third wave feminism; she is editor ofMothering in the Third Wave.Her writing on feminism and mothering has appeared in the Journal for the Association for Research on Mothering,Feminist Mothering, Mother Knows Best: Talking Back to the Experts,and the forthcomingEncyclopedia of MotheringandBeing and Thinking as an Academic Mother.Her work on third wave feminlsb
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