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Displacement of (M)others in Twenty-First Century U.S. Films examines how mainstream cinema marginalizes and misrepresents diverse maternal identities, particularly non-normative mothers. By analyzing film narratives, gaze theory, and economics, the work critiques the exclusion of these ""mothers"" and explores the broader impact on societal perceptions of motherhood. * Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, Professor, Michigan State University, USA *

Displacement of (M)others in Twenty-First Century U.S. Films examines how mainstream cinema marginalizes and misrepresents diverse maternal identities, particularly non-normative mothers. By analyzing film narratives, gaze theory, and economics, the work critiques the exclusion of these ""mothers"" and explores the broader impact on societal perceptions of motherhood. * Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, Professor, Michigan State University, USA * Dr. Rodriguez-Colon compellingly situates the complexities of maternal identities within philosophical and cinematic traditions. Looking at how representations of mothers in film continue to be narrowly defined and exclude (m)others, or those who fall outside of culturally prescribed ideals of maternity, Rodriguez-Colon analyzes in detail the multiplicities of maternal subjectivities and maternal gazes on screen. This important contribution to the field makes a provocative link to production economics, examining who benefits from gaze economies and at what cost. * Rachel Epp Buller, Assistant Professor of Art, Bethel College, USA, and editor of Reconciling Art and Mothering (2012) *

""Displacement of (M)others in Twenty-First Century U.S. Films examines how mainstream cinema marginalizes and misrepresents diverse maternal identities, particularly non-normative mothers. By analyzing film narratives, gaze theory, and economics, the work critiques the exclusion of these ""mothers"" and explores the broader impact on societal perceptions of motherhood."" --Swarnavel Eswaran Pillai, Professor, Michigan State University, USA

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Jessica M. Rodríguez-Colón is Adjunct Professor at The School of Visual Arts, USA, as well as a multi-disciplinary artist. Her research focuses on maternal aesthetics, philosophies, politics, and performances in the Americas. Her publications include a chapter in Breasts Across Motherhood: Lives Experiences and Critical Examinations and a forthcoming chapter in the Queer Death Reader.

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