Maternal Conditions analyzes the depiction of motherhood in the works of Barbara Kingsolver, Ana Castillo, Louise Erdrich, and Ruth Ozeki. The book examines the politics underlying and engendered by ethnically diverse representations of the maternal, interrogating the dominant cultural understanding of the good mother. This analysis then moves to a study of how the subjective experience of mothers is portrayed in these writings, ending with an exploration of the relationship between motherhood and ethics.
| ISBN: | 9781433101472 |
| Publication date: | 28th October 2008 |
| Author: | Melissa A Schoeffel |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 173 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Gender studies: women and girls Cultural studies Regional / International studies |