Woven Threads:: Building Bonds in Othermothering and Community Mothering

This illuminating collection moves beyond the perspectives of mothering and motherhood as an individual practice. Here, attention is given to how caretaking is extended in a myriad ways, especially in familial systems and community networks. These chapters reveal multidisciplinary perspectives that include sociology, literary studies, health, cultural studies, media studies, history, law, women’ s and gender studies, and personal narratives. In each conversation with the reader, the collect...