Embodying motherhood : perspectives from contemporary India / Anu Aneja and Shubhangi Vaidya.

By:

Aneja, Anu [author.]

Contributor(s):

Vaidya, Shubhangi [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Delhi : Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2016Description: 1 online resource (252 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789351509622
9351509621

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DDC classification:

306.874/3 23

LOC classification:

HQ759

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Contents:

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Disembodied Mothers: Re-writing the maternal metaphor through goddess iconography; Anticipating the Mother's Dream: Maternal subjectivity in psychoanalysis, literature and cinema; 'Mere Paas Maa Hai' Reflections on representations of motherhood in Hindi cinema; 'More than a Mother': Autism, motherhood discourse and lived experience; Capitalist Encounters: The motherhood pact; Of 'Unfit' Mothers: Disability, stereotypes and contestations; Mapping the Mother in France and India: Discursive revolutions; Index

Summary: This book reflects on the nature of motherhood ideology in India, and its critique from a feminist perspective, in an effort to re-vision the embodiment of the maternal as symbol and experience.

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This book reflects on the nature of motherhood ideology in India, and its critique from a feminist perspective, in an effort to re-vision the embodiment of the maternal as symbol and experience.

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