All on One Plate: Cultural Expectations on American Mothers

by Solveig Brown

Overview

A great book for active mothers with a lot on their plate!

In All On One Plate, anthropologist Solveig Brown talks to mothers who candidly acknowledge their vulnerabilities as a parent and graciously share the things they do that have made parenting, relationships, work, and life a little easier. Drawing on interviews, surveys, cultural analysis, and the latest academic research, Brown's thoughtful and compassionate exploration of the gamut of parenting experiences provides readers with a tremendous resource for figuring out their own solutions to issues that every parent faces.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157037581
Publisher:	Paragon House Publishers
Publication date:	08/24/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	890 KB

About the Author

Solveig Brown, Ph.D., is an anthropologist who has done extensive research about middle-class American mothers. She has conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with more than one-hundred mothers, gathered survey data, and completed an extensive review of the academic literature relevant to the issues American parents deal with on a daily basis. She has contributed to Stay at Home Mothers: An International Perspective, and Intensive Mothering: The Cultural Contradictions of Modern Motherhood. She has presented her research on mothers to academic audiences and parent groups. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her family.

Editorial Reviews

This beautifully written, sensitive account of the struggles facing American mothers is a call to action for more family-friendly public policies.

Ellen Tyler May

Dr. Brown addresses the issues mothers talk about in a clear-eyed and compassionate way. This well-researched book tackles the underlying assumptions of modern day motherhood, and how we can begin to reshape them to offer more support for parents.

Lenore Skenazy

Parents face many challenges in raising children to feel good about their bodies, make healthful food choices, and engage in enjoyable physical activity.... While there is much advice around, Dr. Brown's book benefits from her in-depth research conducted with mothers who are living the parenting experience.

Diane Neumark-Sztaine

Dr. Brown's research asks all the right questions.... It is an important contribution to the national conversation.

Carla Naumberg

This innovative and well-written book ...is the best study yet on mothering...

John Ingham