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Mothering and Blogging: the Radical Act of the MommyBlog by May Friedman (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Mothering and Blogging: The Radical Act of the MommyBlog. Author: Friedman, May; Calixte, Shana. Release Date: 2009-05-01. Qty Available: 1.

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PublisherDemeter Press

ISBN-10155014488X

ISBN-139781550144888

eBay Product ID (ePID)23050413369

Product Key Features

Number of Pages204 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMothering and Blogging: the Radical Act of the Mommyblog

SubjectFeminism & Feminist Theory, Parenting / General, Parenting / Motherhood, Web / Blogging

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Computers, Social Science

AuthorMay Friedman

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Reviews?With wit and candour, this book deconstructs concepts of ?mommy? and motherhood, offering a unique set of perspectives that capture the tension between women?s individual and collective personal, cultural, and political identities and experiences as lived through new technologies.?- Krista Scott-Dixon, author of Doing IT: Women Working in Information Technology

Dewey Decimal306.874/3028567

Table Of ContentIntroductionMay Friedman and Shana CalixteForeword: Small World: Maternal blogging, virtual friendship, and the computer-mediated selfJudith Stadtman TuckerChapter One: Someone Else's Shoes: How On-Blog Discourse Changed a Real Life AdoptionDawn FriedmanChapter Two: Blogging Pregnancy: Ultrasonography, Connectivity and Identity ConstructionJulie PalmerChapter Three: I Kid You Not: How the Internet Talked Me Out of Traditional MommyhoodJennifer GilbertChapter Four: Kindred Keyboard Connections: How Blogging Helped a Deafblind Mother Finda Living, Breathing CommunityLisa FerrisChapter Five: Marginality in the Mamasphere: Queers Racializing the Family TreeShana Calixte and Jillian JohnsonChapter Six: Meter Politikon: On the ?politics? of mommybloggingCatherine ConnersChapter Seven: Blog for Rent: How marketing is changing our mothering conversationsJen LawrenceChapter Eight: LesbianFamily.org: Expanding the Understanding of Motherhood and Visibilityof Lesbians, or "Um. If you don't mind my asking?how does a lesbian get pregnant?"Liza Barry-KesslerChapter Nine: Beyond Cute: A mom, a blog, and a question of contentMelissa WilkinsChapter Ten: Blogging the Romanian Mother: ?Motherhood? and ?Mothering? IntertwinedOana PetricaChapter Eleven: Web 2.0, Meet the MommybloggerAnn DouglasChapter Twelve: Schadenfreude for Mittelschmerz? Or, Why I Read Infertility BlogsMay FriedmanChapter Thirteen: ?HEY CELEBS! QUIT THAT BEHAVING! DON'T MAKE US COMEDOWN THERE!?: Celebrity Moms, Babies, and BlogsElizabeth PodnieksContributor Biographies

SynopsisAt the 2005 BlogHer conference writer and mommyblogger Alice Bradley (finslippy.com) responded to criticisms that mommyblogging was solipsistic and self-indulgent by stating that ?Mommyblogging is a ?radical act.? This collection seeks to interrogate this emergent genre in all its contradiction and complexity, looking equally at the ways that mommyblogs benefit some mothers while relegating others to the margins. Most importantly, however, this collection sheds light on a growing and overwhelming site of maternal narrative where many mothers are able to take on the ?radical act? of speaking for themselves., At the 2005 BlogHer conference writer and mommyblogger Alice Bradley (finslippy.com) responded to criticisms that mommyblogging was solipsistic and self-indulgent by stating that "Mommyblogging is a "radical act." This collection seeks to interrogate this emergent genre in all its contradiction and complexity, looking equally at the ways that mommyblogs benefit some mothers while relegating others to the margins. Most importantly, however, this collection sheds light on a growing and overwhelming site of maternal narrative where many mothers are able to take on the "radical act" of speaking for themselves.