The Chicana Motherwork Anthology |
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Editor:
| Caballero, Cecilia Martínez-Vu, Yvette Pérez-Torres, Judith Téllez, Michelle Vega, Christine X. |
Foreword by:
| Castillo, Ana |
Series title: | The Feminist Wire Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8165-3976-5 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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The Chicana M(other)work Anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and
testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother-scholars of color, their children, and their communities within and...
More Description The Chicana M(other)work Anthology weaves together emerging scholarship and testimonios by and about self-identified Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies who center mothering as transformative labor through an intersectional lens. Contributors provide narratives that make feminized labor visible and that prioritize collective action and holistic healing for mother-scholars of color, their children, and their communities within and outside academia.
The volume is organized in four parts: (1) separation, migration, state violence, and detention; (2) Chicana/Latina/WOC mother-activists; (3) intergenerational mothering; and (4) loss, reproductive justice, and holistic pregnancy. Contributors offer a just framework for Chicana and Women of Color mother-scholars, activists, and allies to thrive within and outside of the academy. They describe a new interpretation of motherwork that addresses the layers of care work needed for collective resistance to structural oppression and inequality.
This anthology is a call to action for justice. Contributions are both theoretical and epistemological, and they offer an understanding of motherwork through Chicana and Women of Color experiences.