1st Edition
Pandemic Mothering and Neoliberalism Insights from India
Chapter I: Introduction: Indian working mothers, neoliberalism and the pandemic
Chapter II: Entrepreneur Mothers: Personal Ambitions and Being a mother
Chapter III: Single Mothers: Managing Career and Childcare
Chapter IV: Work-from-home mothers: Navigating a pandemic, work commitments and childcare
Chapter V: Traditional forms of caregiving and working mothers: The most suited arrangement?
Chapter VI: Mothers as school teachers: Managing aspirations, childcare and neoliberal ideals
Chapter VII: Conclusion: The future of “motherhood care”, requirements of the economy and new forms of family systems
Biography
Jagriti Gangopadhyay is Associate Professor at Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. Her research interests are social gerontology and medical sociology, and she has published in books and journals as well.
