Mother
Author: knott, Sarah
ISBN: 9780241972748
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A timely and fascinating investigation into one of the most overlooked and yet fundamental human experiences' Amanda Foreman
What was mothering like in the past? When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and revolutions, not the everyday details of carrying and caring for a baby. Much to do with becoming a mother, past or present, is lost or forgotten.
Using the arc of her own experience, from miscarriage to the birth and early babyhood of her two children, Sarah Knott explores the ever-changing habits and experiences of motherhood across the ages.
From the labour pains felt by a South Carolina field slave to the triumphant smile of a royal mistress pregnant with a king's first son; from a 1950s suburban housewife to a working-class East Ender taking her baby to the factory; these remarkable tales of mothering create a moving depiction of an endlessly various human experience.
ISBN: 9780241972748
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
'A timely and fascinating investigation into one of the most overlooked and yet fundamental human experiences' Amanda Foreman
What was mothering like in the past? When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and revolutions, not the everyday details of carrying and caring for a baby. Much to do with becoming a mother, past or present, is lost or forgotten.
Using the arc of her own experience, from miscarriage to the birth and early babyhood of her two children, Sarah Knott explores the ever-changing habits and experiences of motherhood across the ages.
From the labour pains felt by a South Carolina field slave to the triumphant smile of a royal mistress pregnant with a king's first son; from a 1950s suburban housewife to a working-class East Ender taking her baby to the factory; these remarkable tales of mothering create a moving depiction of an endlessly various human experience.
