Literary mama : reading for the maternally inclined / edited by Andrea J. Buchanan and Amy Hudock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buchanan, Andrea J.

Hudock, Amy E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers--Literary collections.

Mothers.

Motherhood--Literary collections.

Motherhood.

Mother and child--Literary collections.

Mother and child.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Emeryville, CA : Seal Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Becoming a mother takes more than the physical act of giving birth or completing an adoption: it takes birthing oneself as a mother through psychological, intellectual, and spiritual work that continues throughout life. Yet most women's stories of personal growth after motherhood tend to remain untold. As writers and mothers, Andrea Buchanan and Amy Hudock were frustrated by what they perceived as a lack of writing by mothers that captured the ambiguity, complexity, and humor of their experiences. So they decided to create the place they wanted to find, with the kind of writing they wante

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Creative Acts; 2. Mothers Raising Women, Defining Mothering; 3. Mothers Raising Men, Exploring Mothering; 4. Sex, Fertility and the Body; 5. Mothers, Fathers, Parents; 6. Surviving Illness and Loss; 7. Healing the Past to Live in the Present; Contributors; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-46904-5

9786612469046

1-58005-335-1

OCLC:

726734626