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The mother wave : theorizing, enacting, and representing matricentric feminism /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: O'Reilly, Andrea, 1961- (Editor), Green, Fiona J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Coe Hill, Ontario : Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Feminism.
Motherhood.
Féminisme.
Maternité.
feminism.
maternity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Section I.
  • 1. This Love Is Revolutionary: Mothering as Resistance to Oppressive Systems
  • 2. The Case for Radical Inclusion in Mothering Studies: Matricentric Feminism Can and Should Take on Genderism
  • 3. The Mother Wave and the Italian Matricentric River Delta
  • 4. Centring the voices of Caribbean Mothers: Making the Case for a Matricentric Feminist Theorizing
  • 5. Out of Praxis, Theory: Being and Becoming a Matricentric Feminist
  • 6. Mother's Speaking: Towards An Ethics of Maternal Monstrosity
  • 7. Choosing Matricentric Feminism in an Era of Choice Feminism: A Way Forward
  • Section II.
  • 8. The Theory and Praxis of Matricentric Feminism in the Lives
  • 9. I Am Becoming My Mother: Conjuring Black Motherhood on Our Own Terms
  • 10. Black Mothers' Responses to Systems of Oppression: Navigating Work, Family, and Self-Actualization
  • 11. Using Matricentric Feminist Research to Create Space for Mothers on Campus
  • 12. Without a Village: Motherhood, Childcare, and COVID-19: A Research Journey
  • Section III.
  • 13. Towards a Literary Theory and Criticism of Matricritics: "Begin with the Mother in Her Own Right" to Deliver "New Meanings of Motherhood" and "Transform Maternal Thinking Itself"
  • 14. Swimming against Plato: Rachel Cusk's Outline
  • 15. Matricentric Feminism and Nonnormative Migrant Mothering in Recent Contemporary Fiction from Spain and the United States
  • 16. Matricentric Art: A Philosophy of Maternal Work through the Act of Creativity
  • 17. Commoning the Maternal: Matricentric Feminism and the Motherworks Festival
  • 18. The Last American Housewife
  • 19. Riding the Wave Rather than Waving Off: The Academic Study
  • Notes on Contributors