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Book/Printed Material Mothering performance : maternal action

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Title

  • Mothering performance : maternal action

Summary

  • "Mothering Performance is a combination of scholarly essays and creative responses which focus on maternal performance and its applications from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection extends the concept and action of 'performance' and connects it to the idea of 'mothering' as activity. Mothering, as a form of doing, is a site of never-ending political and personal production; it is situated in a specific place, and it is undertaken by specific bodies, marked by experience and context. The authors explore the potential of a maternal sensibility to move us towards maternal action that is explicitly political, ethical, and in relation to our others. Presented in three sections, Exchange, Practice, and Solidarity, the book includes international contributions from scholars and artists covering topics including ecology, migration, race, class, history, incarceration, mental health, domestic violence, intergenerational exchange, childcare, and peacebuilding. The collection gathers diverse maternal performance practices and methodologies which address aesthetics, dramaturgy, activism, pregnancy, everyday mothering, and menopause. The book is a great read for artists, maternal health and care professionals, and scholars. Researchers with an interest in feminist performance and motherhood, within the disciplines of performance studies, maternal studies, and women's studies, and all those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of maternal experience, will find much of interest"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Simic, Lena, editor
  • Underwood-Lee, Emily, editor

Created / Published

  • New York : Routledge, 2023.

Headings

  • -  Motherhood
  • -  Mothers

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ759

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022028909

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access.

Online Format

  • epub
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Simic, Lena, and Emily Underwood-Lee, editor. Mothering Performance: Maternal Action. New York: Routledge, 2022. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022028909/.

APA citation style:

Simic, L. & Underwood-Lee, E., editor. (2022) Mothering Performance: Maternal Action. New York: Routledge. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2022028909/.

MLA citation style:

Simic, Lena, and Emily Underwood-Lee, editor. Mothering Performance: Maternal Action. New York: Routledge, 2022. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2022028909/>.