Intersections of mothering : feminist accounts / edited by Carole Zufferey and Fiona Buchanan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: theorising intersectional feminism and mothering; PART I: REPOSITIONING MOTHERHOOD; ‘Out of bounds’: maternal regret and the reframing of normative motherhood; ‘Failed’ mothers, ‘failed’ womxn: demarcating normative mothering; ‘Woman’ and (un)partnered mother; Childcare as a public and common good: a Canadian perspective; PART II: DIVERSE CONTEXTS AND RESPONSES; Life’s a Mardi Gras: lesbian parenting in the context of ‘equality': '...we still have so far to go for full acceptance'; All in the same boat? Migration and motherhood online; Aboriginal mothering in the Australian context; Mothering without a home ; Too little, too late: mothers, children and parental terminations; PART III: VIOLENCE AND MOTHERING; Raising children born of war in Bosnia: reframing perspectives on mother love through a mother-daughter case study; Current mothering discourses and domestic violence: a double whammy; ‘We never quite measure up, do we?’: an intersectional approach to mothering, mental health and social inequality; ‘Just another side of the coin’: support for women as mothers in the context of domestic violence; Shifting practice in domestic violence: child protection workers partnering with mothers; Conclusion: beyond the intersections of mothering.

"This book presents new interdisciplinary and intersectional research about women as mothers, highlighting that alternative accounts of mothering can challenge normative societal assumptions and broaden understandings of women as mothers, mothering and motherhoods"--