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This collection examines the nexus of mothering, feminism, and theater. The work analyzes the portrayals of mothers in literature and on the performance stage, and makes a contribution to studies in dramatic literature, women's studies, feminist theory, and theater history. The thorough introduction to this book will make it a valuable classroom tool that could be used by professors of both graduate and undergraduate classes not overly familiar with theatrical history. Included in the introduction is a brief overview of the history of women in theater for the purpose of contextualizing the collected essays. Drawing upon the recent and abundant wealth of research on mothering that is applicable to our study, definitions for the terms motherhood, mothering, and mothers are clearly examined and differentiated. Finally, this work points to connections and developments among the articles, thereby, highlighting links, common themes, and colliding insights.

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"""Not only is it a collection of colliding possibilities of what 'mother' means; but it is clearly a collision of disciplinary thought: feminist scholarship, theatrical performance/dramatic literature, and the emerging scholarship of motherhood."" - Prof. Kathryn Moller Fort Lewis College ""This book is an important step in establishing a conversation about the performance of motherhood and the act of mothering as source material for artistic creation."" - Prof. Onye Ozuzu University of Colorado, Boulder"""

Not only is it a collection of colliding possibilities of what 'mother' means; but it is clearly a collision of disciplinary thought: feminist scholarship, theatrical performance/dramatic literature, and the emerging scholarship of motherhood. - Prof. Kathryn Moller Fort Lewis College This book is an important step in establishing a conversation about the performance of motherhood and the act of mothering as source material for artistic creation. - Prof. Onye Ozuzu University of Colorado, Boulder

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