Black motherhood(s) : : contours, contexts and considerations / / edited by Karen T. Craddock.

• TeilnehmendeR: Craddock, Karen T., 1965-
• Place / Publishing House: Bradford, ON : : Demeter Press,, [2015]; 2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 pages) :; illustrations
• Other title: Black motherhood; Black motherhoods; "Mother's voice" - having her say: storytelling in articulating black women's diaspora identity /; Pushing back with our souls intact: young black mother's resistance to marginalization /; Transnational mothering: the meaning of African immigran women's lives /; Motherhood and empowerment in West Africa: the case of Buchi Emecheta /; Everybody's mama now: Gloria Naylor's Mama Day as discourse on the black mother's identity /; Re-envisioning black motherhood: the performance poetics of Gwendolyn Brooks and Lucille Clifton /; Mothering, mothers and the historic representations of black motherhood in fiction: Barbara Chase-Riboud's Sally Hemings /; Birthing black motherhood: a short history of how race shapes childbirth as a rite of passage /; Black motherhood as a metaphor of Christanity in missionary photography /; Black mothers' messages of pride to their adolescent daughters /; Getting the parts straight: the psychology of hair combing interaction between African-American mothers and daughters /; Closing thoughts, mothering the girls we were then: prose and promises /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781927335253; 9781772580136 (ebook)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Karen T. Craddock.

"This book considers Black Motherhood through multiple and global lenses to engage the reader in an expanded reflection and to prompt further discourse on the intersection of race and gender within the construct of motherhood among black women. With an aim to extend traditional treatments of black motherhood that are often centered on a subordinated and struggling perspective, these essays address some of the hegemonic reality while also exploring nuance in experiences, less explored areas of subjugation, as well as pathways of resistance and resilience in spite of it. Largely focusing within domains such as narrative, identity, spirituality and sexuality, the book deftly explores black motherhood by incorporating varied arenas for discussion including, literary analysis, expressive arts, historical fiction, the African Diaspora, reproductive health, religion and social ecology."--