book recommendations

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

absolutely new to modern feminist theory and would love to get recommendations for starting points, particularly are there any modern books that deal with feminist theory/rhetoric particularly in regards to motherhood?

Thankyou!

are you coming to book club?

thankyou - no, is the book club an online discussion?

Would be great if anyone does know of anything (even a chapter within a book) that might have links with feminism and motherhood, but will start collating a list from oher threads in the meantime, my library is small so top recommendations to get me started on an amazon wish list would rock

GWTMH,
The Whole WOman is fantastic linking feminism and motherhood.

brilliant, thanks so much for these, great to have a few to get going on!

i do so love andrea o'reilly

You might like to check out the book "Motherhood and Feminism" by Amber E. Kinser

vesuvia now why didn't I think just to google motherhood and feminism!

Has anyone heard of or read:
The Impossibility of Motherhood: Feminism, Individualism and the Problem of Mothering (Thinking Gender) by Patrice DiQuinzio

Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Has Undermined All Women by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels

Motherhood Reconceived: Feminism and the Legacies of the Sixties by Lauri Umansky

GirlWithTheMouseyHair, vesuvia now why didn't I think just to google motherhood and feminism!

. I first came across that book in a review on a feminism blog actually.

oh, i love susan j douglas too! i had no idea she's written a 'mommy' book, i've got 'where the girls are' which is brilliant - very accessible. i'm going to buy that myself

The Mommy Myth is great. It's a real (well-argued and evidenced) rant!