In this article I attempt a political analysis of current trends in both medical and ‘popular’ discourses regarding motherhood, child rearing and the family in light of the Foucauldian notion of bio-power. The perspective from which I will analyze these discourses is one that criticizes supposedly ‘natural’ arguments regarding motherhood and child rearing practices, in order to show how behind the ‘natural’ arguments historically specific notions of both neoliberalism and patriarchy are at work.
Safe for life. Neoliberalism and mothers' milk
GUARALDO, Olivia
2016-01-01
Abstract
In this article I attempt a political analysis of current trends in both medical and ‘popular’ discourses regarding motherhood, child rearing and the family in light of the Foucauldian notion of bio-power. The perspective from which I will analyze these discourses is one that criticizes supposedly ‘natural’ arguments regarding motherhood and child rearing practices, in order to show how behind the ‘natural’ arguments historically specific notions of both neoliberalism and patriarchy are at work.
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