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Author:   Helena Wahlström Henriksson ,  Anna Williams ,  Margaretha Fahlgren
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9783031172137

ISBN 10:   3031172132
Pages:   183
Publication Date:   17 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Ambivalent Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering: From Normal and Natural to Not-at-all2. One Hand Clapping: The Loneliness of Motherhood in Lucia Berlin’s “Tiger Bites”3. “their mothers, and their fathers, and everyone in between”: Queering Motherhood in Trans Parent Memoirs by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Trystan Reese4. Struggling to Become a Mother: Literary Representations of Involuntary Childlessness5. Orality/Aurality and Voice of the Voiceless Mother in Abla Farhoud’s Happiness Has a Slippery Tail6. From Survivor to Im/migrant Motherhood and Beyond: Margit Silberstein’s Postmemorial Autobiography, Förintelsens Barn7. The (M)other’s Voice: Representations of Motherhood in Contemporary Swiss Writing by Women8. Contested Motherhood in Autobiographical Writing: Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti9. A Plea for Motherhood: Mothering and Writing in Contemporary Norwegian Literature

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Helena Wahlström Henriksson is Professor of Gender Studies and Associate Professor of American Literature, and currently the Director of the Uppsala University Centre for Gender Research, at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research interests include feminist cultural studies, life-writing, film and other media, studies of family and kinship, single parents, and parenting over the life course. Anna Williams is Professor of Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden. Her research interests include literature and gender, working class literature, and biography. Margaretha Fahlgren is Professor Emerita of Literature at Uppsala University, Sweden. Formerly, she served as Director and Research Director of the Uppsala University Centre for Gender Research. Her research interests range from classic Swedish literature to popular culture.  

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