Imagining motherhood in contemporary Irish and Caribbean literature / Abigail L. Palko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palko, Abigail L., author.

Series:

New Caribbean studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 256 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Summary:

Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature undertakes a comparative transnational reading to develop more expansive literary models of good mothering. Abigail L. Palko argues that Irish and Caribbean literary representations of non-normative mothering practices do not reflect transgressive or dangerous mothering but are rather cultural negotiations of the definition of a good mother. This original book demonstrates the sustained commitment to countering the dominant ideologies of maternal self-sacrifice foundational to both Irish and Caribbean nationalist rhetoric, offering instead the possibility of integrating maternal agency into an effective model of female citizenship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137602701

1137602708

9781137600745

1137600748

OCLC:

945949211