Mothers and Others Hierarchies and Continuums of Non-motherhood and Motherhood

Motherhood is a key issue in terms of women's identity and it is important to consider motherhood and non-motherhood as a difference in women's lives alsongside differences such as age, sexuality, ethnicity, and class. Hierarchies of motherhood--notions of who should mother, when, and in what social and economic circumstances--affect all women and continuums of motherhood and non-motherhood overlap. Gayle Letherby explores the complexities that all of this implies and entails.Letherby, Gayle is the author of 'Mothers and Others Hierarchies and Continuums of Non-motherhood and Motherhood', published 2007 under ISBN 9781403914972 and ISBN 1403914974.