Christina Mundlos: Mütterterror. Angst, Neid und Aggressionen unter Müttern. Marburg: Tectum Wissenschaftsverlag 2012.
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https://doi.org/10.14766/1106Keywords:
Feminismus, Mutterschaft, Widerstand, Geschlecht, GenderAbstract
According to Christina Mundlos’ central hypothesis, the societal mother image and the political regulation of motherhood isolate mothers from each other, promote competition among them, and thus inhibit solidarity and common liberating actions. This nonfiction book can be read as a type of guidebook that encourages resistance against the established notions of the ‘good mother.’ This is welcome and overdue. However, Mundlos reproduces certain reductions that are adopted in the political and medial discussion about motherhood, for example, the almost exclusive focus on problems of the compatibility of family and career. This reveals problems that require a feminist revision.
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