书目名称 | Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature |
编辑 | Abigail L. Palko |
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丛书名称 | New Caribbean Studies |
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描述 | .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.. |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Twentieth-century Irish Literature; Twentieth-century Caribbean Literature; Motherhood; gender studies; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-60074-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-349-93381-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-60074-5Series ISSN 2691-3011 Series E-ISSN 2634-5196 |
issn_series | 2691-3011 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 |