Kerri S. Kearney

Mothers as Keepers and Tellers of Origin Stories (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

While the existence of maternal ambivalence has been evident for centuries, it has only recently been recognized as central to the lived experience of mothering. This accessible, yet intellectually rigorous, interdisciplinary collection demonstrates its presence and meaning in relation to numerous topics such as pregnancy, birth, Caesarean sections, sleep, self-estrangement, helicopter parenting, poverty, environmental degradation, depression, anxiety, queer mothering, disability, neglect, filicide and war rape. Its authors deny the assumption that mothers who experience ambivalence are bad, evil, unnatural, or insane. Moreover, historical records and cross-cultural narratives indicate that maternal ambivalence appears in a wide range of circumstances; but that it becomes unmanageable in circumstances of inequity, deprivation and violence. From this premise, the authors in this collection raise imperative ethical, social, and political questions, suggesting possibilities for vital cultural transformations. These candid explorations demand we rethink our basic assumptions about how mothering is experienced in everyday life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Demeter Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781772582901
• Artikelnr.: 58643807

Autorenporträt

Kerri Kearney, M.B.A., Ed.D., is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Oklahoma State University with a research focus on invisible college students, including former foster youth. Through this book and other work, she explores diverse life experiences that influence the college experience and student success. Lee Murray, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan and a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in adolescent mental health. Lee also uses auto ethnography as methodology to explore the normative discourse of mothering in the context of her own experiences as a mom and grandma.