Optimal Motherhood and Other Lies Facebook Told Us
Assembling the Networked Ethos of Contemporary Maternity Advice
$96.22
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2023
Summary
An exploration of social media-imposed pressure on new mothers. How the supposed safe havens of online mommy groups have become rife with aggression and groupthink.
Many mothers today turn to social media for parenting advice, joining online mothers’ groups on Facebook and elsewhere. But the communities they find in these supposed safe havens can be rife with aggression, peer pressure, and groupthink—insisting that only certain practices are “best,” “healthiest,” “safest” (and mandato…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262543621 |
| Author: | Kari Nixon, Jessica E. Clements |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Kari Nixon
Jessica Clements is Assistant Professor of English and Composition Commons Director at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and Managing Editor of Present Tense- A Journal of Rhetoric in Society.
Kari Nixon is Assistant Professor of English at Whitworth University. She is the author of Kept from All Contagion and Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19.
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