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Motherhood In Black And White: Race And Sex In American Liberalism, 19301965
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The Apronclad, White, Stayathome Mother. Black Bus Boycotters In Montgomery, Alabama. Ruth Feldstein Explains That These Two Enduring, Yet Very Different, Images Of The 1950S Did Not Run Parallel Merely By Ironic Coincidence, But Were In Fact Intimately Connected. What She Calls Gender Conservatism And Racial Liberalism Intersected In Central, Yet Overlooked, Ways In Midtwentiethcentury American Liberalism.Motherhood In Black And White Analyzes The Widespread Assumption Within Liberalism That Social Problemsranging From Unemployment To Racial Prejudicecould Be Traced To Bad Mothering. This Relationship Between Liberalism And Motherhood Took Shape In The 1930S, Expanded In The 1940S And 1950S, And Culminated In The 1960S. Even As Civil Rights Moved Into The Mainstream Of An Increasingly Visible Liberal Agenda, Images Of Domineering Black Matriarchs And Smothering White Moms Proliferated.Feldstein Draws On A Wide Array Of Cultural And Political Events That Demonstrate How And Why Motherblaming Furthered A Progressive Antiracist Agenda. From The New Deal Into The Great Society, Bad Mothers, Black Or White, Were Seen As Undermining American Citizenship And As Preventing Improved Race Relations, While Good Mothers, Responsible For Raising Physically And Psychologically Fit Future Citizens, Were Held Up As A Precondition To A Strong Democracy.By Showing How Ideas About Gender Roles And Race Relations Intersected In Films, Welfare Policies, And Civil Rights Activism, As Well As In The Assumptions Of Classic Works Of Social Science, Motherhood In Black And White Speaks To Questions Within Women'S History, African American History, Political History, And Cultural History. Ruth Feldstein Analyzes Representations Of Black Women And White Women, As Well As The Political Implications Of These Representations. She Brings Together Race And Gender, Culture And Policy, Vividly Illuminating Each.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'Motherhood in Black and White'? A: The book explores the intersection of race and gender within American liberalism from 1930 to 1965, focusing on how motherhood was used as a lens to view social issues such as unemployment and racial prejudice.
- Q: Who is the author of 'Motherhood in Black and White'? A: The author is Ruth Feldstein, a scholar who analyzes the cultural and political implications of motherhood in relation to race in mid-twentieth-century America.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book contains 256 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'Motherhood in Black and White' published? A: The book was published on August 1, 2000.
- Q: Is this book a first edition? A: Yes, this is the first edition of 'Motherhood in Black and White'.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: The book is listed as 'Used Book in Good Condition'.
- Q: Can you summarize the key arguments presented in the book? A: Feldstein argues that the representations of mothers—both black and white—were crucial in shaping American liberalism, where bad mothering was often blamed for social issues, while good mothers were seen as essential for a strong democracy.
- Q: What categories does this book fall under? A: The book is categorized under United States history, women's history, African American history, political history, and cultural history.
- Q: Does the book analyze any specific cultural events? A: Yes, the book draws on various cultural and political events to illustrate how notions of motherhood and race were intertwined in shaping societal views and policies.