Embodying motherhood : perspectives from contemporary India /

This book reflects on the nature of motherhood ideology in India, and its critique from a feminist perspective, in an effort to re-vision the embodiment of the maternal as symbol and experience.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Aneja, Anu (Autor), Vaidya, Shubhangi (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi : Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2016.
Temas:
Mothers > India.
Motherhood > India.
Mères > Inde.
Maternité > Inde.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Motherhood
Mothers
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; Disembodied Mothers: Re-writing the maternal metaphor through goddess iconography; Anticipating the Mother's Dream: Maternal subjectivity in psychoanalysis, literature and cinema; 'Mere Paas Maa Hai' Reflections on representations of motherhood in Hindi cinema; 'More than a Mother': Autism, motherhood discourse and lived experience; Capitalist Encounters: The motherhood pact; Of 'Unfit' Mothers: Disability, stereotypes and contestations; Mapping the Mother in France and India: Discursive revolutions; Index

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