Mother Knows Best?

Synopsis: Explores the production, distribution and consumption of knowledge, using as illustrative examples two common issues facing parents, one old (the child who will not sleep) and one new (the possible side effects of the MMR vaccine). Considers issues relating specifically to child care - the agencies involved in the social construction of both motherhood and childhood - and more general issues of knowledge and knowing, including the decline of authority, the rise of new sources of knowledge and the relations and conflicts between them.
Series: Introduction to the Social Sciences, An, Course Dd100
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 2000
Availability: Out of distribution
Subjects: Sociology
Keywords: child care; parenting skills; social change

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