Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering

<p>What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. </p><p> This edited collection engages with changing attitudes and approaches to mothering from women's individual biographical experiences illuminating how socially anticipated tasks of mothering shaped through interlinking state media religious beliefs and broader society are reflected in their identities and individual life choices. Considering trust rapport reflexivity and self-care this collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers carers and childless women's lives.</p>