New Caribbean Studies

Palko, Abigail L.

Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature undertakes a comparative transnational reading to develop more expansive literary models of good mothering. Abigail L. Palko argues that Irish and Caribbean literary representations of non-normative mothering practices do not reflect transgressive or dangerous mothering but are rather cultural negotiations of the definition of a good mother. This original book demonstrates the sustained commitment to countering the dominant ideologies of maternal self-sacrifice foundational to both Irish and Caribbean nationalist rhetoric, offering instead the possibility of integrating maternal agency into an effective model of female citizenship.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-08-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137602701

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-60074-5

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 256