Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing

Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing

Williams, Anna; Wahlstroem Henriksson, Helena; Fahlgren, Margaretha

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2023

183

Mole

Inglês

9783031172137

15 a 20 dias

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1. Ambivalent Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering: From Normal and Natural to Not-at-all.- 2. One Hand Clapping: The Loneliness of Motherhood in Lucia Berlin's "Tiger Bites".- 3. "their mothers, and their fathers, and everyone in between": Queering Motherhood in Trans Parent Memoirs by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Trystan Reese.- 4. Struggling to Become a Mother: Literary Representations of Involuntary Childlessness.- 5. Orality/Aurality and Voice of the Voiceless Mother in Abla Farhoud's Happiness Has a Slippery Tail.- 6. From Survivor to Im/migrant Motherhood and Beyond: Margit Silberstein's Postmemorial Autobiography, Foerintelsens Barn.- 7. The (M)other's Voice: Representations of Motherhood in Contemporary Swiss Writing by Women.- 8. Contested Motherhood in Autobiographical Writing: Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti.- 9. A Plea for Motherhood: Mothering and Writing in Contemporary Norwegian Literature.
motherhood;maternality;maternal voice;representations;childlessness;life writing;fiction;memoir;mother-daughter relationships;transgender;family studies;kinship;fertility;migration;abortion;resistance;Open Access