Motherhood: Power and Oppression - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0889614547 ISBN 13: 9780889614543

Publisher: Women's Press (CA), 2005

Synopsis

In feminism, the institution of mothering/motherhood has been a highly contested area in how it relates to the oppression of women. As Adrienne Rich articulated in her classic 1976 book Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution, although motherhood as an institution is a male-defined site of oppression, women's own experiences of mothering can nonetheless be a source of power. This volume examines four locations wherein motherhood is simultaneously experienced as a site of oppression and of power: embodiment, representation, practice and separation. Motherhood includes psychological, historical, sociological, literary and cultural approaches to inquiry and a wide range of disciplinary perspectives ? qualitative, quantitative, corporeal, legal, religious, fictional, mythological, dramatic and action research. This rich collection not only covers a wide range of subject matter but also illustrates ways of doing feminist research and practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrea O'Reilly is an Assistant Professor in the School of Women's Studies at York University. Marie Porter is currently completing her PhD at the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia. Patricia Short is a lecturer in sociology in the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland, Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Women's Press (CA)
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0889614547
• ISBN 13: 9780889614543
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Porter Marie, Short Patricia, Herrera Andrea O'Reilly