Description |
1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; The Everyday World of Affect and Mothering; Sisterly Conversation; Becoming Mother, Performing Mother; milk; Navigating the Waters of Early Motherhood; A Poetics of Maternal Failure; Objects of a Maternal Haunting; Empty Maternal; The "Dark Side" of Mothering; That Baby Will Cost You; Blood, Mud, Poop, and Vomit; Unforgivable or Outlaw Emotions?; fail; Blurring Boundaries, Manoeuvring Motherhood; Anishinaabe Fasting; "Mothering the Mother"; Instinct, Expertise, Connection; Families We Don't Choose; Sisterly Conversation |
Summary |
This cross-disciplinary collection considers the intersection of affect and mothering, with the aim of expanding both the experiential and theoretical frameworks that guide our understanding of mothering and of theories of affect. It brings together creative, reflective, poetic, and theoretical pieces to question, challenge, and re-conceptualize mothering through the lens of affect, and affect through the lens of mothering. The collection also aims to explore less examined mothering experiences such as failure, disgust, and ambivalence in order to challenge normative paradigms and narratives s |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 03, 2018) |
Subject |
Motherhood -- Psychological aspects
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Affect (Psychology)
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Marriage.
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Affect (Psychology)
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Motherhood -- Psychological aspects
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lane, Julia, editor.
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Joensuu, Eleonora, editor
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LC no. |
2017473062 |
ISBN |
1772581542 |
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9781772581546 |
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