Queering motherhood
Subtitle: narrative and theoretical perspectives
By: [edited by Margaret F. Gibson]
Publisher: Demeter Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bradford, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781927335314
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Lesbian mothers; Motherhood; Queer theory; Feminist theory
Description: "Few words are as steeped in beliefs about gender, sexuality, and social desirability as "motherhood". Drawing on queer, postcolonial, and feminist theory, historical sources, personal narratives, film studies, and original empirical research, the authors in this book offer queer re-tellings and re-examinations of reproduction, family, politics, and community. The list of contributors includes emerging writers as well as established scholars and activists such as Gary Kinsman, Damien Riggs, Christa Craven, Cary Costello, Elizabeth Peel, and Rachel Epstein."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: queering motherhood in narrative, theory, and the everyday / Margaret F. Gibson; title: Queer conceptions: where to begin?; title: Queering practices, practicing queers; title: Queer futures? Yearnings, alliances, and struggles.