Maternal Subjectivities

Maternal Subjectivities is an interdisciplinary anthology that brings together scholars and artists to examine motherhood as a critical site of identity formation, social negotiation and cultural representation. Through essays spanning personal narrative, socio-political analysis and media critique, the collection foregrounds maternal subjectivity across diverse contexts and disciplines. Situated within feminist theory and the growing field of mother studies, the volume centers mothers as agents of knowledge, experience and cultural meaning while interrogating the tensions between maternal agency and structural constraint. Contributors explore themes such as institutional precarity, embodied risk, digital mediation and global perspectives on caregiving, highlighting how dominant narratives of productivity, self-sufficiency and sacrifice shape maternal experience. Embracing the methodological and narrative diversity that mirrors the " messiness" of motherhood itself, Maternal Subjectivities offers a nuanced and timely intervention into contemporary debates about gender, care and social transformation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772586161
• ISBN13: 9781772586169
• Release Date: January 2027
• Publisher: Demeter Press
• Length: 280 Pages