Real (M)othering: The Metaphysics of Maternity in Children's Literature.

In Real (M)othering: The Metaphysics of Maternity in Children's Literature. pp. 171-194 (2005)
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This paper examines the complexity and fluidity of maternal identity through an examination of narratives about "real motherhood" found in children's literature. Focusing on the multiplicity of mothers in adoption, I question standard views of maternity in which gestational, genetic and social mothering all coincide in a single person. The shortcomings of traditional notions of motherhood are overcome by developing a fluid and inclusive conception of maternal reality as authored by a child's own perceptions

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