Imagining motherhood in contemporary Irish and Caribbean literature /
Abigail L. Palko.
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Summary: | "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."-- |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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Series: | New Caribbean studies.
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index. Physical description: xii, 256 pages ; 22 cm. more |
ISBN: | 9781137602701 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1137602708 (hardcover : alk. paper) |