Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature
Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature by Abigail L. Palko
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1137602708 | 256 Pages | PDF | 3.8 MB
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1137602708 | 256 Pages | PDF | 3.8 MB
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.