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
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
HQ759 / .M8744 2005eb
306.874/3
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.
Use copy
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9781435604070 (electronic bk.) 1435604075 (electronic bk.) 0889614547 (pbk.) 9780889614543 9781459321175 1459321170
CPCSUB2011-2012 CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo
Motherhood--Congresses.
Feminist theory--Congresses.
Maternité--Congrès.
Théorie féministe--Congrès.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Parenting--Motherhood.
Feminist theory.
Motherhood.
Mutterschaft
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
HQ759 / .M8744 2005eb
306.874/3