Horrible mothers : representations across francophone North America / edited by Loïc Bourdeau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bourdeau, Loïc, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French-Canadian literature--History and criticism.

French-Canadian literature.

French American literature--History and criticism.

French American literature.

Mothers in literature.

Franco-Americans--In literature.

Franco-Americans.

Motion pictures--Québec (Province)--History.

Motion pictures.

Mothers in motion pictures.

History.

Québec.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Horrible Mothers offers an analysis of representations of the mother in contemporary francophone literature and film. Contributors re-examine the 'horrible mother' paradigm within a broad range of socio-cultural contexts from different locations in North America to broaden understandings of mothering beyond traditional ideology. More specifically, this enterprise brings forth strategies of representation, shows how contemporary family models are constantly evolving and moving away from heteronormative expectations, and repositions mothers as subjects occupying the center of their own narrative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Failing successfully / Loïc Bourdeau

The whore and her mother : exploring matrophobia in Nelly Arcan's Putain / Pauline Henry-Tierney

Horrible mothers in Mémère's kitchen : queer identity in New England Franco America / Susan Pinette

"I'm not the Virgin Mary" : rebellious motherhood in Chabot's A life lost / Chelsea Ray

Permissive parenting : the awful American mother in Nancy Huston's Lignes de faille / Alison Rice

Lucie Joubert's ironic rejection of motherhood in L'envers du landau / Natalie Edwards

Voicing shame : from fiction to confession in the work of Marguerite Andersen / Lucie Hotte and Ariane Brun del Re

The transgressive mother in Nancy Huston's Bad girl : classes de littérature / Susan Ireland and Patrice J. Proulx

Forgiving the horrible mother : children's needs and women's desires in twenty-first-century Québecois film / Amy J. Ransom

Politics and motherhood in Xavier Dolan's J'ai tué ma mère and Mommy / Loïc Bourdeau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803293984

0803293984

OCLC:

1090013550