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Title: Meaning of Motherhood: Testing a Sociocultural Model of Identity Transformation
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Karnehm, Amy Lynn Shepelak, Norma J. |
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Meaning of Motherhood: Testing a Sociocultural Model of Identity Transformation Presented: Chicago, IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August 1999 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Divorce; Family Studies; Marriage; Motherhood; Parenthood; Women's Roles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Because the meaning of being a mother & wife is no longer central to a woman's identity, yet still involves being primary emotional caregiver as well as an economic provider, women's identities have taken on multiple role saliences (Stryker, 1968; McCall & Simmons, 1978). Martha McMahon's (1995) landmark qualitative study on engendered motherhood sought to understand the sociocultural dynamics that affect a woman's identity transformation into "mother." Here, this model is tested using data from the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (subsample N = 244). Initial results indicate differences by social class groupings in terms of both readiness for & the responsibility of motherhood for full-time workers. |
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Karnehm, Amy Lynn and Norma J. Shepelak. "Meaning of Motherhood: Testing a Sociocultural Model of Identity Transformation." Presented: Chicago, IL, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August 1999. |