Publication

2016-08-09 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101137602708
  • ISBN-139781137602701
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016942678
  • OCLC Control Number945949211
  • Better World Books9781137602701
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN1-PN6790
  • LCCPR8722.M68 P35 2016

Description

"Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature undertakes a comparative transnational reading to develop more expansive literary models of good mothering. Abigail L. Palko argues that Irish and Caribbean literary representations of non-normative mothering practices do not reflect transgressive or dangerous mothering but are rather cultural negotiations of the definition of a good mother. This original book demonstrates the sustained commitment to countering the dominant ideologies of maternal self-sacrifice foundational to both Irish and Caribbean nationalist rhetoric, offering instead the possibility of integrating maternal agency into an effective model of female citizenship."--

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  • Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean LiteratureHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2016-08-09

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