Beschreibung:
Valerie Heffernan is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. Her research interests encompass 20th and 21st century literature and cultural studies. Her current research focuses on the representation of mothers, motherhood and mothering in contemporary culture.
The various contributions included in this volume consider the diversity of maternal images and narratives that circulate in literature, the arts and popular culture and analyze how they reflect on and influence the cultural meaning of motherhood in the contemporary era.
Introduction: Imagining Motherhood in the Twenty-First Century - Images, Representations, Constructions