Mothering, Violence, Militarism, War and Social Justice
The Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (JMI) proudly presents the publication of its inaugural issue on the topic of Mothering Violence, Militarism, War and Social Justice. The journal includes: 13 articles, 11 book reviews, selected poetry, and a special poetry folio featuring the work of Kathryn Rhett. Articles include: •“Engendering Protection: The Case of Women Refugees” •“Mothering in a time of Conflict: Acholi women’s experience of child rearing in the displacement camps of Northern Uganda” •“The War in Sierra Leone, its Aftermath, and Resilience: One Mother’s Narrative” •“The Raging Grannies: Activist Grandmothering for Peace” •“Palestinian versus Western Mothering: Reconsidering Dichotomies in Media Representation” •“Up in Arms! A Brief Women’s History of Militancy in Latin America” •“An Attack on a Romanticized Discourse on Motherhood? Representations of Murderous Mothers in Dutch novels” •“Widows, Mothers, Activists: Indigenous Achí Women’s Experiences of La Violencia in Rabinal, Guatemala” •“Another Mother for Peace: Reconsidering Maternalist Peace Rhetoric from a Historical Perspective 1967-2007” and more!
Another Mother for Peace: Reconsidering Maternalist Peace Rhetoric from an Historical Perspective 1967-2007 by Michelle Moravec
child of the by Leigh Herrick
Up in Arms! A Brief Women’s History of Militancy in Latin America by Gisela Norat
Genomic Kaddish by Leigh Herrick
Transforming Loss into Action: Mothers from the Plaza de Mayo to Juarez, Mexico by Regina M. Edmonds
The Raging Grannies: Activist Grandmothering for Peace by Jennifer Pedersen
Page 13 forward by Leigh Herrick
Widows, Mothers, Activists: Indigenous Achí Women’s Experiences of La Violencia in Rabinal, Guatemala by Fabienne Doiron
The War in Sierra Leone, its Aftermath, and Women’s Resilience: One Mother’s Narrative by Donna Sharkey
Woman Displaced in Conflict in Northern Ghana: Voices of the Konkombass by Brenda Faye McGadney and Judith Asibi Nibewun-Tarko
Elegy Against—, Ten Years Later by Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Mothering in a Time of Conflict: Acholi Women’s Experience of Child Rearing in the Displacement Camps of Northern Uganda by Theresa McElroy, Patricia Spittal, Stella Atim, Lillian Tebere and Herbert Muyinda
Gerard Manley Hopkins on the 6 Train by Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Engendering Protection: The Case of Women Refugees by Elizabeth Snyder
Cardio-kickboxing in a Town of 6,000 by Julia Spicher Kasdorf
Controlling the Russian Soldiers’ Mothers and Chechen Mothers: The Story of a Hidden War by Aurélie Lacassagne
Breeder Zoo by Lesley Wheeler
Palestinian Versus Western Mothering: Reconsidering Dichotomiesin Media Representation by Cortney Pasternak
Thirty-Ninth Birthday by Lesley Wheeler
Myrtle Beach Convergence by Lesley Wheeler
An Attack on a Romanticized Discourse on Motherhood? Representations of Murderous Mothers in Dutch Novels by Josje Weusten
First Audition by Adrianne Kalfopoulou
Our Bodies/Ourselves by Adrianne Kalfopoulou
The Carpenter Bees by Sarah Kennedy
Occupation by Sarah Kennedy
Beyond Hostile Borders: Re-negotiating the Gendered Embodiment of Resistance and Agency in the film, Some Mother’s Son. by Jane O’Sullivan and Rebecca Spence
Nightmare by Annie Finch
Now in November by Annie Finch
FOLIO:
Editor’s Notes by Jane Satterfield
Book of Hours by Kathryn Rhett
Mothers of Heroes, Mothers of Martyrs: World War I and the Politics of Grief reviewed by Diana L. Gustafson
Raising Kids in the 21st Century: The Science of Psychological Health for Childrenreviewed by Gina Wong-Wylie
Insane Euphoria Speaks: Diary of a Late Pregnancy reviewed by Alison M. S. Watson
Feminist Art and the Maternal reviewed Rachel Epp Buller
In the Other Room: Entering the Culture of Motherhood reviewed by Sonja Boon
Survival Notes for New Parents: An Inspiration for an Amazing Journey reviewed by Sarai (“Sadie”) Harris Conway
Stress-Free Pregnancy Guide: A Doctor Tells You What to Really Expect reviewed by Roshaunda D. Cade
Fit to Bust: A Comic Treasure Chest reviewed by Jessica Nathanson
Daughters of Empire: A Memoir of a Year in Britain and Beyond reviewed by Tatjana Takševa
Voices of Our Children: Stories of Music Education reviewed by Venus Prado
Loving the Alien reviewed by Sally Dear-Healey
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