Motherhood : power and oppression /

Motherhood : power and oppression / edited by Marie Porter, Patricia Short, and Andrea O'Reilly. - Toronto : Women's Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrations

Papers originally presented at the Australian International Academic Conference on Motherhood held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland in 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / The kindest cut? the Caesarean section as turning point, Australia 1880-1990 / Narrating breasts: constructions of contemporary motherhood(s) in women's breastfeeding stories / Scandalous practices and political performances: breastfeeding in the city / "Pax Materna" or Mothers at war with the empire? ... / Mothering and stress discourses: ... / A lesser woman? fictional representations of the childless woman / (Mis)conceptions: the paradox of maternal power and loss in Toni Morrison's The bluest eye & Paradise / Human and divine mothers in Hinduism / Resistance narratives from mothers of married daughters in Singapore / Survival narratives of Ethiopian-Jewish mothers and daughters in Israel / Down Under power? Australian mothering experiences ... / Mothers at home: oppressed or oppressors or victims of false dichotomies? / Mothers at the margins: ... / Naming maternal alienation / Women of courage: the non-custodial mother / Abandoning mothers and their children / When Eve left the garden: a modern tale about mothers who leave their families / Conclusion: reflections on motherhood / Andrea O'Reilly & Marie Porter -- Lisa Featherstone -- Susanne Gannon & Babette Müller-Rockstroh -- Alison Bartlett -- Karin Ikas -- Erika Horwitz & Bonita C. Long -- Enza Gandolfo -- -- Tamara Ditrich -- Hing Ai Yun -- Ruby Newman -- Marie Porter -- Elizabeth Reid Boyd -- Patricia Short -- Anne Morris -- Julie Thacker -- Anita Pavlovic, Audrey Mullender & Rosemary Aris -- Petra Büskens -- Patricia Short.

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Motherhood--Congresses.
Feminist theory--Congresses.
Maternité--Congrès.
Théorie féministe--Congrès.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Parenting--Motherhood.
Feminist theory.
Motherhood.
Mutterschaft


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