Abstract
This article draws on 18 months of residential fieldwork in South Manchester, England. It looks at mothers as targets of state intervention, how they deal with expertise and psy-knowledge. It shows the politics of mothering as everyday resistance and as a genealogy of subjectification. Specifically, it analyses how mothers negotiate “psy-knowledge” and anxieties coming from disciplines and professionals, with their own mundane everyday practices and expertise. It looks at anxieties over parenting styles and childrearing as source of social problems. It shows how meanings about mothering are socially negotiated, reproduced, and sometimes resisted. It explores some ways in which mothering practices resist and overlap with discourses and practices derived from established and legitimized “psy-knowledge,” highlighting what may be considered indigenous knowledge.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
