book recommendations

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

absolutely new to modern feminist theory and would love to get recommendations for starting points, particularly are there any modern books that deal with feminist theory/rhetoric particularly in regards to motherhood?

Thankyou!

[NickOfTime]

are you coming to book club?

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

thankyou - no, is the book club an online discussion?

Would be great if anyone does know of anything (even a chapter within a book) that might have links with feminism and motherhood, but will start collating a list from oher threads in the meantime, my library is small so top recommendations to get me started on an amazon wish list would rock

[Sakura]

GWTMH,
The Whole WOman is fantastic linking feminism and motherhood.

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

brilliant, thanks so much for these, great to have a few to get going on!

[NickOfTime]

i do so love andrea o'reilly

[vesuvia]

You might like to check out the book "Motherhood and Feminism" by Amber E. Kinser

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

vesuvia now why didn't I think just to google motherhood and feminism!

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

Has anyone heard of or read:
The Impossibility of Motherhood: Feminism, Individualism and the Problem of Mothering (Thinking Gender) by Patrice DiQuinzio

Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Has Undermined All Women by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels

Motherhood Reconceived: Feminism and the Legacies of the Sixties by Lauri Umansky

[vesuvia]

GirlWithTheMouseyHair, vesuvia now why didn't I think just to google motherhood and feminism!

. I first came across that book in a review on a feminism blog actually.

[NickOfTime]

oh, i love susan j douglas too! i had no idea she's written a 'mommy' book, i've got 'where the girls are' which is brilliant - very accessible. i'm going to buy that myself

[sethstarkaddersmum]

The Mommy Myth is great. It's a real (well-argued and evidenced) rant!