Motherhood memoirs : mothers creating/writing lives / edited by Justine Dymond and Nicole Willey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willey, Nicole L., author, writer of introduction, editor.

Dymond, Justine, 1969- author, writer of introduction, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood.

Mothers.

Motherhood in literature.

Mothers in literature.

Mothers--Biography.

Autobiography--Theory, etc.

Autobiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, Ontario : Demeter Press, [2013]

Summary:

The authors in this collection examine and critique motherhood memoir, alongside the texts of their own lives, while seeking to transform mothering practice-- highlighting revolutionary praxis within books, or, when none is available, creating new visions for social change. Many essays interrogate the tensions of maternal narrative--the negotiation of the historical location of writer and readers, narrative and linguistic constraints, and the slippery ground of memory--as well as the borders constructed between the "objective" scholar and the reader who engages with and identifies with texts through her intellect and her emotional being.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright Notice

Title Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

section one the art of motherhood

Visualizing Motherhood

How to Write Motherhood

"A Long Private Letter"

Ekphrastic Mama

section two what the other books don't tell us

Milkmother Memoir

"Where's the Funeral?"

Lost and Found

"Just Another Mother Who Has Lost Her Child"

section three mothers without borders

Transcending the Mind/Body Dichotomy to Save My Own Life

We Are Family

Letter to a Young Black Mama on Writing Motherhood Memoir

In Search of Our Mothers' Memoirs

Contributor Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781926452906

1-926452-90-9