Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition
Theory on mothers, mothering and motherhood has emerged as a distinct body of knowledge within Motherhood Studies and Feminist Theory more generally. This collection, The Second Edition of Maternal Theory: Essential Readings introduces readers to this rich and diverse tradition of maternal theory. Composed of 60 chapters the 2nd edition includes two sections: the first with the classic texts by Adrienne Rich, Nancy Chodorow, Sara Ruddick, Alice Walker, Barbara Katz Rothman, bell hooks, Sharon Hays, Patricia Hill-Collins, Audre Lorde, Daphne de Marneffe, Judith Warner, Patrice diQinizio, Susan Maushart, and many more. The second section includes thirty new chapters on vital and new topics including Trans Parenting, Non-Binary Parenting, Queer Mothering, Matricentric Feminism, Normative Motherhood, Maternal Subjectivity, Maternal Narratology, Maternal Ambivalence, Maternal Regret, Monstrous Mothers, The Migrant Maternal, Reproductive Justice, Feminist Mothering, Feminist Fathering, Indigenous Mothering, The Digital Maternal, The Opt-Out Revolution, Black Motherhoods, Motherlines, The Motherhood Memoir, Pandemic Mothering, and many more. Maternal Theory is essential reading for anyone
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Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition
Theory on mothers, mothering and motherhood has emerged as a distinct body of knowledge within Motherhood Studies and Feminist Theory more generally. This collection, The Second Edition of Maternal Theory: Essential Readings introduces readers to this rich and diverse tradition of maternal theory. Composed of 60 chapters the 2nd edition includes two sections: the first with the classic texts by Adrienne Rich, Nancy Chodorow, Sara Ruddick, Alice Walker, Barbara Katz Rothman, bell hooks, Sharon Hays, Patricia Hill-Collins, Audre Lorde, Daphne de Marneffe, Judith Warner, Patrice diQinizio, Susan Maushart, and many more. The second section includes thirty new chapters on vital and new topics including Trans Parenting, Non-Binary Parenting, Queer Mothering, Matricentric Feminism, Normative Motherhood, Maternal Subjectivity, Maternal Narratology, Maternal Ambivalence, Maternal Regret, Monstrous Mothers, The Migrant Maternal, Reproductive Justice, Feminist Mothering, Feminist Fathering, Indigenous Mothering, The Digital Maternal, The Opt-Out Revolution, Black Motherhoods, Motherlines, The Motherhood Memoir, Pandemic Mothering, and many more. Maternal Theory is essential reading for anyone
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Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition

Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition

by Andrea O'Reilly (Editor)
Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition
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Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition

Maternal Theory: The Essential Readings, The 2nd Edition

by Andrea O'Reilly (Editor)

Overview

Theory on mothers, mothering and motherhood has emerged as a distinct body of knowledge within Motherhood Studies and Feminist Theory more generally. This collection, The Second Edition of Maternal Theory: Essential Readings introduces readers to this rich and diverse tradition of maternal theory. Composed of 60 chapters the 2nd edition includes two sections: the first with the classic texts by Adrienne Rich, Nancy Chodorow, Sara Ruddick, Alice Walker, Barbara Katz Rothman, bell hooks, Sharon Hays, Patricia Hill-Collins, Audre Lorde, Daphne de Marneffe, Judith Warner, Patrice diQinizio, Susan Maushart, and many more. The second section includes thirty new chapters on vital and new topics including Trans Parenting, Non-Binary Parenting, Queer Mothering, Matricentric Feminism, Normative Motherhood, Maternal Subjectivity, Maternal Narratology, Maternal Ambivalence, Maternal Regret, Monstrous Mothers, The Migrant Maternal, Reproductive Justice, Feminist Mothering, Feminist Fathering, Indigenous Mothering, The Digital Maternal, The Opt-Out Revolution, Black Motherhoods, Motherlines, The Motherhood Memoir, Pandemic Mothering, and many more. Maternal Theory is essential reading for anyone

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781772583830
Publisher: Demeter Press
Publication date: 08/25/2021
Edition description: Second edition
Pages: 936
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Andrea O’Reilly, PhD, is full professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University, founder and director of The Motherhood Initiative (1998-2019), founder/editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative and publisher of Demeter Press. She is coeditor/editor of twenty-three books including Feminist Perspectives on Young Mothers and Mothering (2019) Feminist Parenting: Perspectives from African and Beyond (2020) and Mothers, Mothering, and COVID-19: Dispatches from a Pandemic (2021).She is editor of the Encyclopedia on Motherhood (2010) and coeditor of

Table of Contents

Introduction Andrea O'Reilly 11

Section 1 15

Chapter 1 Introduction from Of Woman Born Adrienne Rich 17

Chapter 2 Anger and Tenderness Adrienne Rich 23

Chapter 3 Early Psychological Development: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender Nancy Chodorow 39

Chapter 4 In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens Alice Walker 61

Chapter 5 Maternal Thinking Sara Ruddick 69

Chapter 6 Revolutionary Parenting Bell Hooks 87

Chapter 7 Homeplace: A Site of Resistance Bell Hooks 99

Chapter 8 Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist's Response Audre Lorde 107

Chapter 9 The Radical Potential in Lesbian Mothering of Daughters Baba Copper 113

Chapter 10 It's Only Natural Valerie Walkerdine Helen Lucey 121

Chapter 11 Unspeakable Plots Marianne Hirsch 135

Chapter 12 The Meaning of Motherhood in Black Culture and Black Mother-Daughter Relationships Patricia Hill Collins 151

Chapter 13 Shifting the Center: Race, Class and Feminist Theorizing About Motherhood Patricia Hill Collins 167

Chapter 14 The Myths of Motherhood Short L. Thurer 187

Chapter 15 Beyond Mothers and Fathers: Ideology in a Patriarchal Society Barbara Katz Rothman 201

Chapter 16 Why Can't a Mother Be More Like a Businessman? Sharon Hays 219

Chapter 17 A Sketch in Progress: Introducing the Mother Without Child Elaine Tattle Hansen 243

Chapter 18 Faking Motherhood: The Mask Revealed Susan Maushart 273

Chapter 19 Mothering and Feminism: Essential Mothering and the Dilemma of Difference Patrice DiQuinzio 295

Chapter 20 The Omnipotent Mother: A Psychoanalytic Study of Fantasy and Reality Jessica Benjamin 309

Chapter 21 Don't Blame Mother: Then and Now Paula J. Caplan 327

Chapter 22 The New Momism Susan J. Douglas Meredith W. Michaels 337

Chapter 23 The "Problem" of Maternal Desire: Essential Mothering and the Dilemma of Difference Daphne de Marneffe 361

Chapter 24 The Motherhood Religion Judith Warner 377

Chapter 25 Domestic Intellectuals: Freedom and the Single Mom Jane Juffer 399

Chapter 26 High Risk: Who a Mother Should Be Ariel Gore 429

Chapter 27 Resisting, But Not Too Much: Interrogating the Paradox of Natural Mothering Chris Bohel 435

Chapter 28 Con el Palote en Una Mano y el Libro en la Otra Larissa Mercado-López 445

Section 1 Copyright Acknowledgements 451

Section 2 455

Chapter 29 Matricentric Feminism: A Feminism for Mothers Andrea O'Reilly 457

Chapter 30 Normative Motherhood Andrea O'Reilly 477

Chapter 31 Maternal Subjectivities Alison Stone 493

Chapter 32 The Category of the Postmaternal in Contemporary Maternal Theory Julie Stephens 505

Chapter 33 The New Sexual Contract: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back Petra Bueskens 517

Chapter 34 Detangling Wifehood and Motherhood Lynn O'Brien Hallstein 539

Chapter 35 Maternal Ambivalence Sarah LaChance Adams 555

Chapter 36 Maternal Regret Andrea O'Reilly 567

Chapter 37 Monstrous Mothers Abigail L. Palko 579

Chapter 38 Feminist Fathering: Why It Should Matter to All Who Mother Nicole L. Willey Dan Friedman 593

Chapter 39 Empowered and Feminist Mothering Andrea O'Reilly 607

Chapter 40 Maternal Activism Danielle Poe 629

Chapter 41 The Motherline Fiona Joy Green 643

Chapter 42 Reconceiving Young Motherhood Sarah Bekaert 663

Chapter 43 Disabled Mothers Gloria Filax Dena Taylor 675

Chapter 44 Reclaiming Black Motherhood: Centering Maternal Activism on Birth and Breastfeeding Justice Kimberly Seals Alters 689

Chapter 45 Indigenous Mothering: New Insights on Giving Life to the People Jennifer Brant Kim Anderson 697

Chapter 46 The Migrant Maternal: Theory and Practice Anna Kuroczycka Schultes Helen Vallianatos 719

Chapter 47 Cosmopolitan Maternalisms Bittiandra Chand Somaiah 733

Chapter 48 Reproductive Justice in the Heartland: Mothering, Maternal Care, and Race in Twenty-First-Century Iowa Lina-Maria Murillo Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz 745

Chapter 49 Mothering in a Neoliberal World Melinda Vandenbeld Giles 763

Chapter 50 Queer Possibilities: Unnatural Mothers and Other Aberrations Shelley M. Park 783

Chapter 51 Forging Crossroads: The Possibilities and Complexities of Parenting Outside the Gender Binary Olivia Fischer 795

Chapter 52 Trans Parenting Damien W. Riggs Sally Hines Ruth Pearce Carla A. Pfeffer Francis Ray White 807

Chapter 53 Understanding and Recognizing Voluntary Non-Motherhood Julie Rodgers 817

Chapter 54 Motherhood Ideology and the Adoption Mandate Valerie Andrews 829

Chapter 55 The Maternal Journey: Denning and Constructing a Maternal Narratology Megan Rogers 839

Chapter 56 Motherhood Memoir Today Justine Dymond Nicole L. Willey 851

Chapter 57 The Digital Maternal: Mothers and Social Media Lorin Basden Arnold Betty Ann Martin 869

Chapter 58 Rhetorical Legacies of the Opt-Out Revolution Jennifer L. Borda 883

Chapter 59 The Juggling Mother Amanda Watson 899

Chapter 60 Pandemic Mothering Fiona Joy Green Andrea O'Reilly 913

Notes on Contributors 927

About the Cover Artist 935

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