Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature
Abigail L. Palko · 2016
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"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."--
Book details
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781137602701
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