Mothering Performance: Maternal Action (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

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Synopsis
Mothering Performance is a combination of scholarly essays and creative responses which focus on maternal performance and its applications from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. This collection extends the concept and action of ‘performance’ and connects it to the idea of ‘mothering’ as activity. Mothering, as a form of doing, is a site of never-ending political and personal production; it is situated in a specific place, and it is undertaken by specific bodies, marked by experience and context. The authors explore the potential of a maternal sensibility to move us towards maternal action that is explicitly political, ethical, and in relation to our others. Presented in three sections, Exchange, Practice, and Solidarity, the book includes international contributions from scholars and artists covering topics including ecology, migration, race, class, history, incarceration, mental health, domestic violence, intergenerational exchange, childcare, and peacebuilding. The collection gathers diverse maternal performance practices and methodologies which address aesthetics, dramaturgy, activism, pregnancy, everyday mothering, and menopause. The book is a great read for artists, maternal health and care professionals, and scholars. Researchers with an interest in feminist performance and motherhood, within the disciplines of performance studies, maternal studies, and women’s studies, and all those who wish to gain a deeper understanding of maternal experience, will find much of interest.
Copyright:
2023

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
280 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000785166
Related ISBNs:
9781003231073, 9781032138046, 9781032138442
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Emily Underwood-Lee and Lena Šimić
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Parenting and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater, Medicine, Politics and Government
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Lena Šimić
Edited by:
Emily Underwood-Lee

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