Affects and strategies of maternal optimism: The accounts of mothers with experiences of anxiety and/or depression
Published online on April 29, 2026
Abstract
Sociology, Ahead of Print.
This article draws on the critical feminist argument that women are encouraged to desire forms of life that are limiting and sometimes cruel. It asks: what can we learn about motherhood if we view it not simply as a set of normative practices, but as an ...
This article draws on the critical feminist argument that women are encouraged to desire forms of life that are limiting and sometimes cruel. It asks: what can we learn about motherhood if we view it not simply as a set of normative practices, but as an ...