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TY - JOUR
T1 - Talking of mothers.
AU - Baraitser, Lisa
AU - Tyler, Imogen
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The last three decades have witnessed the return of maternity as a central subject of discussion on our wider thinking. The effects of this proliferation of coverage are discussed, including the rise of maternal studies within the academy. Julia Kristeva's essay 'Motherhood Today' and Naomi Wolf's Misconceptions are analysed, which each identify motherhood as centrally involving an ethical gesture towards another. Motherhood is also described in its daily, messy, bodily practice of engagement. Alternative renditions of maternal experience are offered in order to illustrate the need for ways of dislodging 'mother-talk' from the twin poles of idealisation and denigration. 'Thinking maternally' also has a potentially interesting effect on the way we think about wider issues, including economics, value, labour and the environment.
AB - The last three decades have witnessed the return of maternity as a central subject of discussion on our wider thinking. The effects of this proliferation of coverage are discussed, including the rise of maternal studies within the academy. Julia Kristeva's essay 'Motherhood Today' and Naomi Wolf's Misconceptions are analysed, which each identify motherhood as centrally involving an ethical gesture towards another. Motherhood is also described in its daily, messy, bodily practice of engagement. Alternative renditions of maternal experience are offered in order to illustrate the need for ways of dislodging 'mother-talk' from the twin poles of idealisation and denigration. 'Thinking maternally' also has a potentially interesting effect on the way we think about wider issues, including economics, value, labour and the environment.
KW - MATERNAL STUDIES
KW - MOTHERHOOD
KW - JULIA KRISTEVA
KW - NAOMI WOLF
KW - MICHELLE OBAMA
U2 - 10.3898/136266210791036827
DO - 10.3898/136266210791036827
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 117
EP - 127
JO - Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture
JF - Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture
SN - 1741-0797
IS - 1
ER -