Join the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) in
Reclaiming Valentine’s Day for one day conference on
Examining and Expanding the Meanings of
MOTHERLOVE
February 16, 2002
Harry Crowe Room, 109 Atkinson College
York University, Toronto, Canada
8:00-9:00am Coffee, Registration and Welcome
9:00-10:30am Session 1
MOTHERLOVE IN ART AND LITERATURE
Chair: Brenda Clews (York University) "The Maternal Body in Paint"
Jodi Vandenberg-Daves (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse) "Changing Perceptions of Motherlove in Children’s Literature, 1960-2000"
Nicole Didicher (Mount Allison University) "Models of Motherlove in Winnie-the-Pooh"
Leanne Lloyd (artist, Vancouver) "my skin is where we meet very often - this kind of mother."
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-12:30pm Session 2
CONTRADICTORY AND COMPLEX CONCEPTIONS OF MOTHERLOVE
Chair: Andrea O’Reilly (York University)
Hester Vair (University of New Brunswick) "Challenging Assumptions about Motherlove"
Norma Buydens (University of Saskatchewan) "Motherlove in the Transition to the 20th Century: Motherpower vs. Motherpurity in Maternal Feminisms, C. 1880s-1930s"
Ed Beach (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) "The Divine Goddess Kali: Ultimate Paradox of Mother Love"
Diana Duncan and Lori Rowlett (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) "Rape in the Garden of Zeus: On the Mother of Love"
12:30-1:30pm Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:45pm Session 3
WRITING THE MOTHERLINE: Critical Narratives of Women Educators and Their Daughters
Chair: Leigh O’Brien (Nazareth College) "My daughter, my self: On being a teacher educator and the mother of a daughter with special needs"
Sue Novinger (SUNY-Brockport) "Being Hannah's Grandma: Negotiating the Intersections between Grandmothering and Teaching"
Rishma Dunlop (York University)"White Writing for Cara"
2:45-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:00pm Session 4
MOTHERLOVE: OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
Chair: Christina Halliday (York University)
Lynn Gehl (York University) "Scavenger for Love or Reconciliation in Black Mother Love"
Shane Trudell Verge (University of Florida) "Motherlove and Multiracial Identity"
4:00-4:15pm Break
4:15-6:15pm Session 5
MOTHERLOVE’S LESSONS
Chair: Rose Barg (OISE/University of Toronto) "Loving is Learning to Let Go: An Art-informed Inquiry into the Experience of Mothering Children into Self-sufficiency"
Dawn Zinga (OISE/University of Toronto) "The Development of Motherlove throughout Pregnancy and the Postpartum"
Ardra Cole and Maura Mcintrye (OISE/University of Toronto) "Loving Mothers: Enactment of Love in Illness and Health"
6:30-9:30pm Reception and Creative Evening
Featuring readings by Galia Ben-Mordechai Hart, Cornelia Hoogland, Rishma Dunlop and Kelly Young
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