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OverviewBadparenting is so often blamed for Britain's 'broken society', manifesting insites as diverse as the government reaction to the riots of 2011, popular'entertainment' like Supernanny and the discussion boards of Mumsnet. Thisbook examines how these pathologising ideas of failing, chaotic anddysfunctional families are manufactured across media, policy and public debateand how they create a powerful consensus that Britain is in the grip of a'parent crisis'. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tracey JensenPublisher: Policy Press Imprint: Policy Press ISBN: 9781447325062ISBN 10: 1447325060 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 28 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Mothercraft to Mumsnet The Cultural Industry of Parent Blame Parenting – with feeling Parenting in austere times: warmth and wealth Weaponising parent-blame in post-welfare Britain Epilogue: `Mummy Maybot’: a new age of authoritarian neoliberalismReviewsA timely, energetic, and engaging critique of the presumptions behind parent-blaming in culture and policy-making. Dr Jennie Bristow, Canterbury Christ Church University Author InformationTracey Jensen is Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Lancaster, UK. Her research interests are concerned with: the reproduction of inequalities and divisions through and across identity categories; policy and popular debates of social mobility and immobility; and parenting culture as it travels across different media and cultural sites and manifests in policy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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