The maternal is political : women writers at the intersection of motherhood and social change / edited by Shari MacDonald Strong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strong, Shari MacDonald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood--History.

Motherhood.

Motherhood--Political aspects.

Social action.

Women and literature.

Motherhood in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Seal Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change, The Maternal Is Political features more than 40 powerful, hard-hitting literary essays by women who are striving to make the world a better place for children and families - both their own and other women's - in this country and globally.From the mom deconstructing playground ""power games"" with her first-grade child, to the mother who speaks out against misogyny during an awkward road trip with her college-age daughter and friends, to the mother of sons worrying about the threat of a future military draft

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner 1; Introduction by Shari MacDonald Strong 5; Believe; Motherhood Made Me Do It by Judith Stadtman Tucker 15; Alien by Sarah Masterson 25; Mom, Interrupted by Marrit Ingman 30; Rebel Mom by Tracy Thompson 40; As a Mother by Nancy Pelosi 48; Life Under Construction by Jennifer Margulis 50; Of Volcanoes and Ruins and Gardens by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza 59; Mothers Against Faith by Marion Winik 67; Well-Behaved Women by Jennifer Niesslein and Stephanie Wilkinson 70; the Secret Lives of Babysitters by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser 75

My Bus by Karen Maezen Miller 83 On Receiving Notice of my Stepdaughter's Pregnancy by Mary Akers 89; Shown the Ropes by J. Anderson Coats 94; In Albania by Mona Gable 101; Teach; Twists in the Plot by Jennifer Brisendine 111; First-Grade Values by Susie Bright 124; How to make a Democrat from Scratch by Stephanie Losee 129; Revolution on Your Skin by Susan Ito 135; Because I'm Not Dead by Ona Gritz 138; Making a Minyan in Vermont by Nina Gaby 147; The Making of a Scholar by Vera Landry 155; Chubby Cheeks, Dimpled Chin by Margaret McConnell 164; Mothering in Real Time by Jane Hammons 174

All-Consumed by Alisa Gordaneer 181 Playground Prophets by Carolyn Alessio 189; Girl-shy by Kris Malone Grossman 194; A Letter to my Daughter at Thirteen by Barbara Kingsolver 201; Act; The Maternal is Sustainable by Rebecca Walker 219; Politics of the Heart by Jennifer Graf Groneberg 225; Campaign Confidential by Ann Douglas 230; One Hundred and Twenty-Five Miles by Amy L. Jenkins 240; The Mean Moms by Helaine Olen 243; One Day by Benazir Bhutto 250; Trying Out by Gayle Brandeis 253; Good Riddance, Attention Whore by Cindy Sheehan 260; Adoption in III Acts by Kathy Briccett 264

Performing Mother Activism by Beth Osnes 280 Pregnant in New York by Anna Quindlen 285; The Born by Anne Lamott 289; Signora by Gigi Rosenberg 293; Raising Small Boys in a Time of War by Shari MacDonald Strong 298; the Mother is Standing by Denise Roy 309; Peace March Sans Children by Valerie Weaver-Zercher 314; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; About the Editor

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-283-00790-8

9786613007902

0-7867-5075-8

OCLC:

649315093