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Capturing Capital to Negotiate the Intersections of Motherhood and Work
Author(s) -
Brooks Jane E.,
Rogalin Christabel L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sociology compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1751-9020
DOI - 10.1111/soc4.12169
Subject(s) - sociology , negotiation , capital (architecture) , cultural capital , work (physics) , gender studies , ethnography , differential (mechanical device) , social science , anthropology , mechanical engineering , archaeology , engineering , history , aerospace engineering
Women are judged and judge themselves in response to cultural norms about motherhood and employment. While much has been written in sociology and other disciplines about the intersections of motherhood and work, there is not much on their ideals and the enactment of the ideals of womanhood and worker in connection to various forms of capital. In this paper, we review the literature on motherhood to explore the ways in which these ideals are related to the meanings of mother and worker. Further, we highlight how differential access to economic and non‐economic capital due to one's social location influences a woman's ability to be viewed successful simultaneously as mother and worker.