The Routledge Companion to Motherhood (Routledge Companions to Gender)

Interdisciplinary and intersectional in emphasis, the __Routledge__ __Companion to Motherhood__ brings together essays on current intellectual themes, issues, and debates, while also creating a foundation for future scholarship and study as the field of Motherhood Studies continues to develop globally. This Routledge Companionis the first extensive collection on the wide-ranging topics, themes, issues, and debates that ground the intellectual work being done on motherhood. Global in scope and including a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, literature, communication studies, sociology, women’s and gender studies, history, and economics, this volume introduces the foundational topics and ideas in motherhood, delineates the diversity and complexity of mothering, and also stimulates dialogue among scholars and students approaching from divergent backgrounds and intellectual perspectives. This will become a foundational text for academics in Women's and Gender Studies and interdisciplinary researchers interested in this important, complex and rapidly growing topic. Scholars of psychology, sociology or public policy, and activists in both university and workplace settings interested in motherhood and mothering will find it an invaluable guide. Interdisciplinary and intersectional in emphasis, the Routledge Companion to Motherhood brings together essays on current intellectual themes, issues, and debates, while also creating a foundation for future scholarship and study as the field of Motherhood Studies continues to develop globally. This Routledge Companion is the first extensive collection on the wide-ranging topics, themes, issues, and debates that ground the intellectual work being done on motherhood. Global in scope and including a range of disciplinary perspectives, including anthropology, literature, communication studies, sociology, women’s and gender studies, history, and economics, this volume introduces the foundational topics and ideas in motherhood, delineates the diversity and complexity of mothering, and also stimulates dialogue among scholars and students approaching from divergent backgrounds and intellectual perspectives. This will become a foundational text for academics in Women’s and Gender Studies and interdisciplinary researchers interested in this important, complex and rapidly growing topic. Scholars of psychology, sociology or public policy, and activists in both university and workplace settings interested in motherhood and mothering will find it an invaluable guide. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction 12 Section I Maternal theory 28 1 Maternal theory: patriarchal motherhood and empowered mothering 30 2 Feminist mothering 47 3 Matricentric feminism: a feminism for mothers 62 Section II Mothering through difference: hearing the voices of marginalized mothers 72 4 Queering and querying motherhood 74 5 Disabled mothers 88 6 Mothering while Black: strengths and vulnerabilities in a sociopolitical racial context of structural inequality 100 7 Welfare mothers in the United States 114 8 Indigenous mothering: birthing the nation from resistance to revolution 122 9 Voluntarily childless women: a look at Western society and the definition of motherhood 133 Section III Mothers, mothering, culture, and art 142 10 Mediated celebrity motherhood: representing the norms, values, and practices promoted by and through celebrity moms 144 11 Feminist art and motherhood: an overview 158 12 Religions and mothers 167 13 Mothers and music 176 14 Matrifocal voices in literature 187 15 Motherhood memoirs 202 Section IV Mothering and health 214 16 Beyond disordered brains and mother blame: critical issues in autism and mothering 216 17 No fixed address: the everyday health challenges of mothers living in an emergency homeless shelter 226 18 Midwifery in historical and contemporary perspective: the collusion of race, class, and gender 237 19 Mothers in prison: matricentric feminist criminology 247 20 Abused women’s mothering experiences: making the invisible visible 266 Section V Mothering, families, and domestic space 278 21 From home to house: neoliberalism, mothering, and the de-domestication of the private sphere? 280 22 Mothering or parenting? 285 23 Homing in on domestic space: the boundaries and potential of home-making 295 24 Configuring the mother-daughter dyad 305 25 Mothers and sons 319 Section VI Mothering and work 340 26 Mothers and work: social reproduction and the labours of motherhood 342 27 The lasting impacts of “The Opt Out Revolution”: disciplining working mothers 354 28 Shifting gender norms and childcare in Canada 364 29 Poor and working-class mothers 373 Section VII Mothering, economics, and globalization 382 30 Mothering, neoliberalism, and globalization 384 31 Mothering and the economy 400 32 Transnational motherhood: conceptualizing ideas of care here and there 413 33 Mothering, urbanization, and Africa 425 Section VIII Mothering, governance, and politics 438 34 Formal governance of and by mothers: mothers, public policy, and law 440 35 Mothering and politics 453 36 The criminalization and incarceration of mothers in Canada and the United States 462 37 The governance of mothers 473 Section IX Mothering and activism 486 38 The politics of motherhood: maternal appeals in the public sphere 488 39 Mothering and activism 497 40 Reproductive justice as environmental justice: contexts, coalitions, and cautions 507 41 Motherhood and the struggle for reproductive justice 521 Contributors 531 Index 542 "Con un énfasis interdisciplinario e intersectorial, el Routledge Companion to Motherhood reúne ensayos sobre temas, cuestiones y debates intelectuales actuales, a la vez que crea una base para futuras becas y estudios, ya que el campo de los Estudios sobre la Maternidad continúa desarrollándose en todo el mundo. Esta Routledge Companion es la primera colección extensa sobre una amplia gama de temas, temas, cuestiones y debates que fundamentan el trabajo intelectual que se está realizando sobre la maternidad. De alcance mundial e incluyendo una amplia gama de perspectivas disciplinarias, incluyendo antropología, literatura, estudios de comunicación, sociología, estudios sobre la mujer y el género, historia y economía, este volumen presenta los temas e ideas fundamentales de la maternidad, delinea la diversidad y la complejidad de la maternidad, y también estimula el diálogo entre académicos y estudiantes que se acercan desde orígenes y perspectivas intelectuales divergentes. Este se convertirá en un texto fundamental para los académicos de los estudios sobre la mujer y el género y para los investigadores interdisciplinarios interesados en este tema tan importante, complejo y de rápido crecimiento. Los estudiosos de la psicología, la sociología o la política pública, y los activistas tanto en la universidad como en el lugar de trabajo interesados en la maternidad y la maternidad lo encontrarán una guía invaluable."