Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature (New Caribbean Studies) - 9781137602701

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.

• | Author: Abigail L. Palko
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Aug 09, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 268 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137602708
• | ISBN-13: 9781137602701