Deadline: 31 March 2015
The Demeter Press is accepting papers for an edited collection entitled “Mothers, Mothering, and Globalization. The aim of this volume is to foster work on mothering that analyzes globalization through the lenses of feminist ideologies, literary criticism, and cultural, social, and economic analyses.
Topics are:
- Representations/images of mothers and globalization and (trans) national issues;
- Globalization of motherhood;
- Empowerment, globalization, and mothers;
- (trans)national mothers and capitalism;
- (trans)national mothers and activism;
- Public policy and (trans)national mothers;
- Legal responses to (trans)national mothers;
- LBGTQI (trans)national mothers and social justice issues;
- (trans)national mothers and sex work;
- Suffering and survival of (trans)national mothers;
- Creating and maintaining globalized family relationships;
- Mothering and immigration and globalization policies;
- Resistance of (trans)national mothers against cultural oppression;
- (trans) national mothers and politicians;
- Transnationalism and adoption;
- Race and (anti-)racism within the globalization con-text;
- Theories of mothers who migrate;
- Globalization of reproductive technologies and reproduction;
- The effects of globalization on mothering;
- Communal support for (trans)national mothers;
- Employment and (trans)national mothers;
- (trans)national mothers and the loss of identity;
- (trans)national mothers who build communities and networks;
- Climate change and (trans)national mothers;
- Mothering and cultural globalization;
- (trans)national mothers and language;
- Pregnant (trans)national mothers and health care;
- (trans)national mothers and economic inequality;
- (trans)national mothers and homelessness;
- (trans)national mothers and education;
- Violence against migrant and (trans)national mothers;
- Migrant and (trans)national mothers and mental health issues;
- (trans)national mothers and disabilities;
- Mothering and class issues with globalization;
- Care giving and mother-hood in global movements;
- Transnational movements; and
- Online communities of (trans) national mothers.
Eligibility Criteria
- Submissions are invited that explore influences of globalization on the lives of mothers in relation with political, cultural, historical, economic, and social factors.
- Writings that represent the relationships between mothering and globalization in a myriad of ways: mothers and their children, extended motherhood, perspectives of single mothers, migrant and domestic care workers, and deferred mothering are also welcome.
How to Apply
A 250-400 word proposal with a 50-word biography should be submitted through email.
For more information, visit Demeter Press.
