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Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood : Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry, Hardback Book

Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood : Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry Hardback

Edited by Susan (University of Limerick, Ireland) Liddy, Anne (Maynooth University, Ireland) O'Brien

Part of the Routledge Studies in Media and Cultural Industries series

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This interdisciplinary and international volume offers an innovative and critical exploration of the impact of motherhood on the engagement of women in media and creative industries across the globe.

Diverse contributions critically engage with the intersections and overlap between the social categories of worker and mother, and the work of media production and maternal caregiving. Conflicting ideas about, and expectations of, mothers are untangled in the context of the working world of radio, film, television and creative media industries.

The book teases out commonalities between experiences that are evident across a number of countries, from Hollywood to Bollywood, as well as examining the differences between class, religion, maternal status and cultural frameworks that surround working mothers in various nation states.

It also offers some possibilities for ways forward that can improve the lives of women workers who are also mothers. A timely and valuable contribution to international debates on equality, mothers and motherhood in audiovisual industries, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of media, communication, cultural studies and gender, programmes engaged with work inequalities and motherhood studies, and activists, funders, policymakers and practitioners.

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