{"product_id":"the-juggling-mother-coming-undone-in-the-age-of-anxiety-paperback-softback-9780774864626","title":"The Juggling Mother; Coming Undone in the Age of Anxiety (Paperback \/ softback) 9780774864626","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Juggling Mother\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eComing Undone in the Age of Anxiety\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmanda D. Watson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774864626\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages, 5 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWatson's book is a crucial, nuanced, and astute analysis of the ways in which our current capitalist system is failing mothers. - Melinda Vandenbeld Giles, University of Toronto and Lakehead University (University of Toronto Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e the juggling mother, the woman who quietly flicks dried cereal off her blazer while running a corporate empire? \u003cem\u003eThe Juggling Mother\u003c\/em\u003e explores this figure of contemporary mothering in media representations: a typically white, middle-class woman on the verge of coming undone because of her unwieldy slate of labours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMothers who frantically juggle paid and unpaid work demands do not threaten the way labour is organized. In fact, as Amanda Watson demonstrates, they are model neoliberal workers who uphold white privilege – along with ableist notions of mastery, capacity, and productivity – because of a desire for political visibility and social inclusion. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Juggling Mother\u003c\/em\u003e makes the controversial case that unfair labour distributions are publicly celebrated, intentionally performed, and intimately felt. Mothers with the most power are thus complicit in the exclusion of less privileged ones – and in their own undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Coming Undone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 The Juggling Mother\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 C-Suite Moms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 You Are What You Nurse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 Avoiding Regret\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Dropping the Ball\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes; Works Cited; Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531137184024,"sku":"9780774864626","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-juggling-mother-coming-undone-in-the-age-of-anxiety-paperback-softback-9780774864626","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}