June 2013
June 2013
250 pages $24.95
978-1-927335-17-8
Table of Contents
Introduction:
“Our Book’s Invention” by Vanessa Reimer and Sarah Sahagian
Poem:
“Alarm” by Tracy Royce
Chapter One:
“Happy Birthday, Mom!” by Gary Pelletier
Chapter Two:
“Feminism as Practice: Valuing a Feminist Motherline in the Age of
Neoliberalism” by Melinda Vandenbeld Giles
Chapter Three:
“‘Tell Them You’re a Mexican,’ and Other Motherly Advice” by
Karleen Pendleton Jiménez
Chapter Four:
“The Bungalow Mystery: Me, My Mother, and Nancy Drew” by Donna Sharkey
Chapter Five:
“Mothering, Paid Work and Activism – Complementary Dimensions of a Common Vocation” by Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich
Chapter Six:
“It’s About 1000 Miles from Oaxaca, Mexico to San Antonia, Texas and About 2000 Miles from California to Indiana” by Angelica Duran
Chapter Seven:
“A Life Not Lost” By Allison Weir
Chapter Eight:
“A Matrilineal Narrative: My Chinese Mother and I” by Evelyn Chan
Chapter Nine:
“M/Aligning Mother: Queering & Feminist-ing Matroreform” by Joani Mortenson
Chapter Ten:
“Carrying Generational Baggage: How Crises of Physical and Mental Health Shaped Me as a Feminist Psychologist” by Diana Milillo
Chapter Eleven:
“’The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon’: The Unexpected and Enduring Promise of My Mother’s Kitchen Teachings” by Deborah Schnitzer
Chapter Twelve:
“Matriarchal Mothering of a First-Generation Feminist Academic” by Phyllisa Smith Deroze
Chapter Thirteen:
“A (Christian) Feminist’s Thoughts on Religious Mothering, Sexual Purity, and Pat Robertson”
by Vanessa Reimer
Chapter Fourteen:
“Lentils in the Ashes: Excavating the Feminisms in our Motherlines” by Janice Okoomian
Chapter Fifteen:
“I Love You, Mom: One Daughter’s Journey Toward Appreciating Her Mother With the Help of Maternal Theory” by Sarah Sahagian
Chapter Sixteen:
“Impressions of My Mother: On Willfulness and Passionate Scholarship” by Rachel O’Neil
