Food for thought: A comparative analysis of online narratives of maternal practices of infant feeding in Hungary and Bulgaria

Cheresheva, Irina

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.10.022

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“…Chan's (2008) account of virtual space and motherhood in Hong Kong reinforces that these forums develop beyond their "technology-mediated nature into a community of face-toface friendships and social and emotional support" (p. 169). And yet, these are also spaces, where discourses of "good motherhood" are constructed and performed, as Cheresheva (2015) discovers in her recent study on online narratives of infant feeding in Hungary and Bulgaria (see also Gray, 2013).…”

Section: The Social Media Practices Of Mothersmentioning

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Speaking About Birth: Visible and Silenced Narratives in Online Discussions of Childbirth

Das

2017

Social Media + Society

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In this article, I present an analysis of 1930 posts from 12 discussion threads from an online parenting forum, drawing upon a broader project on the mediation of childbirth. I present three themes in analysis: the multi-pronged functions of writing birth narratives, the discursive and perceived silencing of difficult stories, and the overt individualization and self-management evident in women's accounts. I locate these as outcomes of the individualization of maternity in contemporary society and pendulum swings in cultural and policy-level conceptualizations of how births "should be." I argue for greater attention to be paid to the mediation of parenting and networked maternal subjectivities.

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Section: The Social Media Practices Of Mothersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Speaking About Birth: Visible and Silenced Narratives in Online Discussions of Childbirth

Das

2017

Social Media + Society

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“…Perdersen’s (2016) account of mothering on the parenting forum Mumsnet discusses how images of good and bad mothers are both constructed and critiqued on the forum. She converges discourses of intensive motherhood and mothering ideologies to analyse mothers’ discussions, and points outs that mothers re-work and resist the good mother ideal while being conscious of how all these ideals are increasingly mediated (see also Cheresheva’s, 2015, study on online narratives of infant feeding in Hungary and Bulgaria; Gray, 2013; Pedersen, 2016). Chen (2013) offers a critique of mothers blogging from a techno-feminist perspective which is reminiscent of the wider public derision around women’s forums and women’s online talk that can be traced back to the historical derision towards romance novels, for example (Radway, 1984).…”

Section: Mothers On Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

The mediation of childbirth: ‘Joyful’ birthing and strategies of silencing on a Facebook discussion group

Das

2017

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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Abstract:The mediation of parenting has recently occupied sociologists, media, communication and cultural studies scholars alike. This paper locates itself within this developing strand of research, as it explores discourses of intensive motherhood on a Facebook discussion group providing support and advice for a specific approach to and philosophy of childbirth. Presenting findings from an analysis of main posts and comments made on them, I tease out the brighter and darker sides of the performance of motherhood in anticipation of birth, on social media, reading these against discussions about the self-managing, intensive mother responsible for making the very best decisions for her child.

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“…Símonardóttir (2016) showed that in Iceland the ideas of attachment and importance of bonding between a mother and the child have been recycled to be more inclusive of fathers and to the promotion of shared parental responsibilities. Drawing on the analysis of practices of infant feeding, Cheresheva (2015) presented two different constructions of a ‘good mother’: a ‘choosing mother manager’ in Bulgaria and a ‘mother-domestic-angel’ in Hungary.…”

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Managing Grandparental Involvement in Child-Rearing in the Context of Intensive Parenting

Sivak

2018

Sociological Research Online

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Intensive parenting ideology is on the rise in expert discourses, social policy, and popular culture. A growing body of research focuses on how mothers try to satisfy the requirements of intensive parenting in their child-rearing practices. However, little is known about the broader effects of this culture, including the implications for intergenerational relationships. In this article, we investigate how mothers manage the pressures of intensive parenting and at the same time maintain relationships with the child’s grandparents. We use data from 50 interviews with mothers of pre-schoolers, living in Russia. We show that in the context of parental determinism and the expert-oriented parenting culture, mothers may construe grandparents’ practices and beliefs as wrong and harmful for the child, and they experience grandparents’ involvement as a source of anxiety. We also unpack the strategies that mothers use to micro-manage grandparental involvement and cope with anxiety, which are as follows: (a) restrictions of grandparental involvement, (b) negotiations over child-rearing practices and ideas, and (c) constructions of therapeutic narratives to re-describe involvement to render it acceptable. This study contributes to the debates on intensive parenting by demonstrating its isolating potential and showing how mothers try to overcome it.

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Food for thought: A comparative analysis of online narratives of maternal practices of infant feeding in Hungary and Bulgaria

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Speaking About Birth: Visible and Silenced Narratives in Online Discussions of Childbirth

Speaking About Birth: Visible and Silenced Narratives in Online Discussions of Childbirth

The mediation of childbirth: ‘Joyful’ birthing and strategies of silencing on a Facebook discussion group

Managing Grandparental Involvement in Child-Rearing in the Context of Intensive Parenting

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