| Theorising and Representing Maternal Realities Contributor(s): Kelso, Julie (Editor), Porter, Marie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847184561 ISBN-13: 9781847184566 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing OUR PRICE: $58.36 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Physical Information: 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Maternal research is a rapidly expanding, multi-disciplinary form of scholarship. Prior to second wave feminism most motherhood literature was written from a male perspective. This literature focused on telling mothers how to practice mothering without acknowledging the expertise of the mothers themselves. Research on motherhood as it is experienced in all its facets by mothers has only emerged in recent decades. This book is aimed at expanding academic knowledge of motherhood, from a feminist perspective, looking particularly at how maternal subjectivities can be represented and theorised. When mothers themselves (academic or not) are responsible for theorisation and representation of maternal 'realities', dominant theories and representations of motherhood are radically challenged. In Theorising and Representing Maternal Realities the contributors argue that it is no longer acceptable to regard mothers as mere objects of knowledge and research. They are primarily the subjects of knowledge and research. |