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... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > cultural bearing
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > cultural bearing
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > cultural bearing
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood and society > cultural bearing

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cultural bearing  

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  • Nobel Prize-winning African American author, editor, mother, and professor Toni Morrison identifies four interrelated tasks and responsibilities of motherwork: preservation, nurturance, cultural bearing, and healing, according to Canadian feminist maternal scholar, mother, and professor Andrea O'Reilly. Morrison coined the phrase cultural bearing to name the specific consideration and attention that African American mothers give to promoting and ensuring the physical and psychological well-being and empowerment of African American people and the wider African American culture in their work as parents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Cultural Bearing]

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