In the past century, there has been a significant body of scholarship committed to defining, exploring, and analyzing the lived and imagined lives of mother(s), as well as, the practices and politics of mothering, and motherhood. The purpose of this special issue of the Journal of Family Issues is to further the discussion dedicated to mother/ing/hood through a critical, interdisciplinary, social science lens. The editors invite submissions which interrogate our societal notions of, policies towards,implications, as well as, performances of mother, mothering, and motherhood from a variety of perspectives which include a range of theoretical and empirically-oriented papers. Critical interrogations which examine the topics mentioned below through the prism of mother/ing/hood conflated with the intersections of race, class, and sexuality are encouraged. Topics may include but are not limited to:
Birth
Adoption (Birth and/or Adoptive Mother/ing/hood)
Breastfeeding
Technologically Assisted Motherhood
Surrogacy
Work and Mother(hood)
Depictions of Mother(hood) in the Media
Incarcerated Mothers
Mothers with HIV/AIDS
Mother(hood) and Substance Abuse
Mother(hood) and Sex Work
Motherhood and the Law
Lesbian Mothers
Military Mothers
Teen Mothers
Feminism and Mother(hood)
Disability and Mother(hood)
Immigration and Mother/hood/ing
Mothers and Vaccination
Mothers and Self Help Literature
The Social Construction of Motherhood
Maternal Depression
Mothering Support Networks
Please submit a 250 word abstract by June 19, 2010 to nicban@ufl.edu. Upon acceptance of your abstract, final articles are due no later than Dec. 5, 2010. Final papers should not exceed 22 pages and must conform to APA format. Direct all questions to either Nicole Banton, nicban@ufl.edu or Karen Craddock, kcrad@brandeis.edu .
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