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Feminist Perspectives on Young Mothers and Young Mothering
Feminist Perspectives on Young Mothers and Young Mothering

Feminist Perspectives on Young Mothers and Young Mothering

SOCIAL SCIENCE

236 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, PDF, Mobipocket

Trade Paper, $26.95 (US $26.95)

Publication Date: August 2019

ISBN 9781772582086

Rights: WOR X CA, UK, & EUR

Demeter Press (Aug 2019)

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Overview

To be a young mother is almost by definition to be considered an “unfit†mother.  Thus, it is not surprising that young Canadian, U.S. and Australian mothers are often scorned, stigmatized and monitored. This is a book about being young, being a mother, and grappling with what it means to inhabit these two complex social positions. This book critiques the dominant, negative construction of young motherhood. Contributors reject the notion that the “ideal†mother is a 30ish, white, middle-class, able-bodied, married, heterosexual woman situated in a nuclear family. This collection privileges the insights and stories of a diverse array of young mothers such as; a young mother coerced into giving her child up for a adoption, a young queer mother who has been parenting a child borne by her trans partner and who is now pregnant herself and many more. The tales analyzed and recounted in the collection record experiences of pain and joy, frustration and success, struggle and resistance, oppression and empowerment. We invite readers to hear the all too often silenced stories of young mothers, to learn what prevents and what allows these mothers to lead lives of grit, determination, authenticity, and agency as they strive to lovingly care for themselves, their children, and in many cases, other young mothers.

Author Biography

Dr. Joanne Minaker is Associate Dean, Academic, in the Faculty of Arts and Science at MacEwan University. A sociologist, qualitative researcher, and ardent mother. Works include the book Youth, Crime and Society: Issues of Power and Justice (2009), co-authored with Bryan Hogeveen, Criminalized Mothers, Criminalized Mothering (2015), as well as numerous articles that call into question marginalizing processes that dehumanize groups. Deborah Byrd is Professor of English and Women’s & Gender Studies at Lafayette College, where she teaches women writers, 19th-century British poetry, and a community-based learning Andrea O’Reilly, PhD, is Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. O’Reilly is founder and director of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, and founder and publisher of Demeter Press. She editor/author of 21 books including Matricentric Feminism: Theory, Activism, and Practice (2016).  course on single motherhood.  Her publications focus on young and low-income single mothers; on feminist, maternal, and community engagement pedagogies; and on a variety 19th and 20th-century writers.