C. Wiedmer & S. Hardy 
Motherhood and Space [PDF ebook] 
Configurations of the Maternal through Politics, Home, and the Body

This is a collection of essays on the spatial dimensions of motherhood. Engaging both theoretical and empirical perspectives, contributors describe the intersection of space and gender across a variety of contexts with both familiar and unexpected territories explored.

Table des matières

Configuring the Maternal: An Introduction; S.Hardy & C.Wiedmer SECTION I: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF NATION, LAW, AND CIVIC INSTITUTIONS Mother Space: Disciplining through the Material and Discursive; M.Marotta Magdalene Versus the Nation: Ireland as a Space of Compulsory Motherhood in Edna O’Brien’s Down by the River ; S.Gerend Till Death Do You Part: The Spaces of Motherhood in Contemporary Swiss Family Law; C.Wiedmer The Maternity Hospital: Blueprint for Redesigning Childbirth; L.Kanes Weisman The Birthplace; B.Katz Rothman SECTION II: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF HOME House and Home: Feminist Variations on a Theme; I.M.Young Space, Time and Renegotiating Motherhood: An Exploration of the Domestic Workplace; I.Dyck Locating Lesbian Parent Families; J.Gabb Like A Mother: Paid ‘Mother-work’ Performed in Private Spaces; A.Mullin ‘You Just Have to Make a Conscious Effort to Keep Snapping Away I Think’: A Case Study of Family Photos, Mothering and Familial Space; G.Rose Uneasy Spaces: The Domestic Uncanny in Contemporary Installation Art; F.Carson SECTION III: MOTHERHOOD AND SPACES OF EMBODIMENT Proximity, Publicity, and the Boundaries of Maternal Bodies; R.Kukla When We are Other: The Womb as Alien Space in the X-Files; S.Hardy Winnicott’s Maternal Aesthetic: Absorption and Beholding in Potential Space; E.Brinks Further Variations on a Theme: Maternal Presence and the Practices of Mothering; S.Ruddick Epilogue; D.Spain

A propos de l’auteur

CAROLINE WIEDMER is Director of the Cultural Studies Programme at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

SARAH HARDY is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at Hampden Sydney College, Virginia, USA.