Full Description
The two phenomena highlighted in this edited volume 'motherhood/mothering and masculinities' are each recent areas of development in critical Feminist and Men's Studies. In contributing to these areas of gender studies, this book draws attention to the fact that much can also be gained when we explore relationships between them, an idea that may not readily come to mind. While femininities and masculinities are co-constructed, motherhood and mothering bring additional perspectives to the study of femininity that affect the construction of masculinity in complex ways. The 12 chapters in this volume allow readers to ponder some of these complexities and may suggest other issues that require investigation. Spanning many continents, the essays have both a global and historical reach emphasising cultural differences and historical changes. Of import is the idea that mothers have agency and are active in constructions affecting their lives. They are able to bring motherhood out of the shadows as they strive to build, re-evaluate or alter their roles within families and communities. These have an impact on developments in masculinities. The book is divided into three parts and the chapters investigate a wide range of issues including cultural constructs, gender in parent/child, relationships, non-binary developments, the impact of war on mothering, decolonisation struggles, and much more.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
PART 1 CULTURAL NARRATIVES
1
Motherhood and the Construction of a Regional Hegemonic Masculinity
in Southwestern Nigeria
Tolá Olú Pearce
2
Exploring Perspectives on Black Motherhood, Parenting, and Child Rearing through Black Social Media Users' Meme Circulation
Kierra Otis
3
Feminist Critique of the Representation of Motherhood and
Masculinity in Bollywood Cinema: Implications of Gender Violence
in the Indian Diaspora
Meghna Bhat
4
How the Principles of Matristic Societies Can Provide More Flexibility on Mothering, Motherhood, and Masculinities
Katharine I. Ransom
PART 11 ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
5
Healing Foundational Wounds in Sons and Mothers: From Womb Envy to Asymmetrical Generativity
Cheryl Lynch-Lawler
6
Achieving Womanhood through Motherhood?
A Phenomenology of the Experience of Mothering for the Hijras in India
Stuti Das
7
Guerrilla Mothering: On Masculinities and Femininities
Victoria Team
8
Empowered Through Mothering:
Armenian Women's Agency in Trauma and War in Karabakh
Sevan Beukian
PART 111 POSTCOLONIAL DEVELOPMENTS
9
Kokum-Gikendaasowin: Grandmother Knowledge,
Epistemology and (Re)Generation of Anishinaabeg Malehoods
Renée E. Mzinegiizhigoo-Kwe Bédard
10
Masculinity and Motherhood: Engendering of Hindu Nationalism
Zairunisha
11
Cultural Gender Relations Revolutionized as Self-Created Transformative Village Community Networks (TVCONEs) Transcend in Tanzania
Rasel Madaha
12
'More than a Woman': Exploring Motherhood and Masculinities in Food
and Nutrition Security in Northern Vietnam
Andrea Moraes
About the Contributors
