Maternity and maternalism in gender modes of neoliberalism and postmodern discources

Abstract

The tendencies of neoliberalism with their impact on “democratization” and “liberalization” of the private life re-define the content and format of gender relations both in society and family. The predominance of neoliberal and essential approaches, as it used to be earlier, devaluate the specific woman’s activity connected with motherhood and family environment. In mixed reactions to maternal policies the phenomenon of representation that unfolds in the language of discourses and narrative texts gains special significance.