Unmasking (New) Maternal Realities

Rezensionen / Stimmen

"With its transnational and interdisciplinary approach, this book contains a range of fascinating essays that offer insight into representations of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences across contemporary forms, including graphic memoir, novels, film, theatre, memoir, and social media. This timely edited collection makes an important contribution to motherhood studies, offering fresh analysis and new insights that complicate and change traditional narratives of maternity." (Beth Widmaier Capo, Edward Capps Professor of Humanities and Professor of English, Illinois College, USA)

"This book offers a compelling exploration of motherhood as seen through diverse global lenses. This groundbreaking collection unearths the intimate and often untold stories of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum experiences, revealing the profound challenges and joys of motherhood. From the portrayal of the pregnant body to the complexities of postpartum trauma, and the resistance found in alternative birth spaces, each chapter presents a unique perspective. This volume invites readers to rethink and reframe the multifaceted realities of maternal life in today's world." (Priyanka Tripathi, Associate Professor of English, Indian Institute of Technology Patna)

"The volume is an important contribution to a humanities-based approach to motherhood studies. The essays included in this impressive volume, rooted in maternal feminism, encompass a remarkable range of materials from different cultural, national, and linguistic traditions. The variety of narrative forms examined-novels, memoirs, social media posts, films, and auto-ethnographies-demonstrate how experiences of motherhood and its aftermath are not simply the source of 'a new literary genre,' but inspire daring experimentation and innovation." (Giovanna Faleschini Lerner, Professor of Italian and Program Chair of Comparative Literary Studies, Franklin & Marshall College, USA)

"This collection includes essays on pregnancy, the different forms and settings of birth, and postpartum experiences such as postpartum psychosis and lactation following the loss of the baby. Featuring work by established academics and emerging scholars alike, the volume offers a fresh view on many issues explored by motherhood studies making it essential reading for everyone interested in motherhood and feminist studies." (Egle Kackute, Professor of French Literature and Gender Studies, Vilnius University, Lithuania, and Coordinator of the MotherNet Network)