Disjointed Perspectives on Motherhood

by Catalina Florina Florescu (Editor)

Disjointed Perspectives on Motherhood presents the accounts of mothers who have suffered a major physical and/or psychically traumatic accident, and, as a consequence, their minds and bodies have been drastically changed. They live under the pressure of having discovered the alter ego of their traumatized personality, and now, distressed, cannot embrace their unconditional maternal love. Instead, they enter into a phase where they face the challenge of revealing who they are as persons before accepting or motivating themselves as mothers. The mothers presented in this volume also seem to have another thing in their transnational, fluid, female identity as they enter into an imaginary dialog that transcends geographical and temporal perspectives on womanhood and motherhood. This collection introduces and analyzes recurrent words that define a woman's body and mind fear, competition, motherhood and career rights, selfishness, ambition, destruction, distance, and identity. By using unprecedented comparative critical approaches such as phenomenological, medical, feminist, and re-enchantinent theories, and by analyzing works from literature, cinema, and visual arts, this collection attempts to reestablish and redefine a canonical concept with the intention to revitalize an otherwise taken-for-granted image and role.

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Larissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the essays in this book were really insightful and interesting but a few of them just read like unconvincing undergrad papers. Also my edition had a really shocking amount of typos, as well as syntax and grammatical errors which sometimes made it hard to concentrate on the content. Nevertheless, it provided me with interesting perspectives and approaches for my own further research.

[Catalina Florescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Motherhood is the ultimate sacrifice and until laws secure women's mental and physical health, this collection is a good reminder on how to treat women who become mothers and how to promote their needs.