Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature

Download or read book Imagining Motherhood in Contemporary Irish and Caribbean Literature written by Abigail L. Palko and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-08-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.