Helena Austin
List of John Benjamins publications in which Helena Austin is involved.
Articles
2008 Troubled, troublesome, troubling mothers: The dilemma of difference in women’s personal motherhood narratives Narrative Inquiry 18:2, pp. 378–392 | Article
Motherhood is under review. What counts as a ‘good mother’ is receiving attention in both popular and academic contexts (Arendell, 2000; Hays, 1996). The mothers we spoke with are judged not to be ‘good’ mothers by medical professionals, teachers, friends and family, because they do not have… read more
2007 Resisting categorisation: An ordinary mother Language as Action, Nevile, Maurice and Johanna Rendle-Short (eds.), pp. 36.1–36.13 | Article
In this paper we use membership category analysis to examine the way an interviewee utilises category work in order to resist the possible accusation of being a bad mother and instead posit her mothering as ordinary. Through our analysis we explore the interactional work of ascribing and resisting… read more