Motherhood Memoirs: Mothers Creating/Writing Lives

By Justine Dymond

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927335167
• ISBN13: 9781927335161
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: AmazonUs/INDPB
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"