The Association for Research on Mothering
proudly presents the publication of its inaugural issue of

The Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering

THIS JOURNAL IS SOLD OUT

Mothering and Motherhood
Spring/Summer 1999, Vol 1.1, 240 pages

Table of Contents

Inaugurating the Association for Research on Mothering
by Andrea O’Reilly

Motherhood

Penelope In Odyssey
by Laurie Kruk

Long and Difficult Labour: The Emergence of American Maternity Poetry
by Susan MacCallum-Whitcomb

Writer in the House
by Carol Hult

Motherhood
by Angie Bosco

Carving Tomorrow From a Tombstone: Maternal Grief Following the Death of a Daughter
by Susan Hendrick

Alma Mater
by Jennifer Culik

Researching Motherhood as a Feminist: Reflecting on My Own Experiences
by Sharon Abbey

Paid Work, Family Work, and the Discourse of "Full-Time" Mother
by Gillian Ranson

Where Did I Leave Me?
by Renee Norman

The (Un)Making of Martyrs: Black Mothers, Daughters, and Intimate Violence
by April L. Few

Cesarean Section
by Kim Chase

A Stranger in the House: Middle-Class Stepmothers in Nineteenth-Century America
by Robin Hemenway

Marginalized Motherhood and the Mother-Lesbian Subject
by Doreen Fumia

Mothering

Happy Birthday, Sara!
by Renee Norman

Living Feminism Through Mothering
by Fiona Green

A Mother’s Reflection at Fifty-Something
by Marilyn Garber

Family Album/ 1943
by Robbie Pfeufer Kahn

Sleep
by Jackie Roethler

Separation Anxiety
by Robbie Pinter

The Pregnant Women of Spring
by Ruth Panofsky

The Daughter aka The Adoptee
by Evangeline Davis

Homeschooling
by Renee Norman

Pulling the Tangles Out
by Beth Ann Bryant-Richards

Every Mother is a Working Mother
by Christine Peets

It’s Raining Again
by Robin Etheridge

Free to Be...You and Me: Considering the Impact of Feminist Influences on Children’s Literature from the 1970s
by Kara Lynn Braun

Motherline

Grandmother Reconsiders Her Knitting
by Karen Alkalay-Gut

Cradling Your Mother
by Priscilla F. Sears

Memories of a Childhood in Iceland
by Inga Bergma

Never Sure of Love
by Fakete Rexha

Mothers and Daughters- Creating Anew
by Sudharshana Coomarasamy

Studying and Sharing: Mother and Daughter Learn Academia
by Jocalyn P. Clark and Camillia G. Clark

The Cheerleader
by Carolyn Wright

The Secret
by Suzanne Stutman

A Story of Names
by Lorna Rourke

The Newly-Formed "Feminist Mothers and their Allies Task Force" of the National Women’s Studies Association
by Denise Bauer and Ellen M. Gil-Gomez

"Mothers and Sons Today: Challenges and Possibilities" September 25^th- 27^th, 1988: A Review
by Janet Griffiths-Maxymiw

Book Reviews

Redefining Motherhood: Changing Identities and Patterns
Reviewed by Brigitte Harris

Mourning the Dreams: How Parents Create Meaning from Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Early Infant Death
Reviewed by Sharon M. Abbey

Lesbians Raising Sons
Reviewed by Mary F. Brewer

Maternal Personality, Evolution, and the Sex Ratio: Do Mothers Control the Sex of the Infant
Reviewed by Laura Lynn Mielke

Going to Aunt’s: Remembering Canada’s Homes for Unwed Mothers
Reviewed by Jeanne Marie Zeck

"Bad" Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America
Reviewed by Jill R. Deans

When Mothers Work: Loving Our Children Without Sacrificing Ourselves
Reviewed by Denise Bauer

Mothering and Ambivalence
Reviewed by Astrid Henry

Engendering Motherhood: Identity and Self-Transformation in Women’s Lives
Reviewed by Erin E. MacDonald

Motherland: Writings by Irish American Women About Mothers and Daughters
Reviewed by Bridgit Matthews-Kane

Maternal Justice: Miriam Van Waters and the Female Reform Tradition
Reviewed by Beth Ann Bryant-Richards

Single Mothers and Their Children: Disposal, Punishment and Survival in Australia
Reviewed by Elizabeth Yeoman

Families in the U.S.: Kinship and Domestic Policies
Reviewed by Ginny Crosthwait Lane

Death and the Mother from Dickens to Freud: Victorian Fiction and the Anxiety of Origins
Reviewed by Monika Elbert

A Tradition that Has No Name: Nurturing the Development of People, Families and Communities
Reviewed by Anna Mae Duane

 

We are grateful to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRCC) for its ongoing support of the journal.