JOURNAL CFP: Motherhood and Activism
CALL FOR PAPERS
The
editorial board is seeking submissions for Vol. 3.2 of the Journal of
the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (JMI)
to be published in fall/winter 2012.
Motherhood Activism, Advocacy, Agency
The
journal will explore the topic of Motherhood Activism, Advocacy and
Agency from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. We welcome
submissions from scholars, students, activists, government agencies and
workers, artists, mothers, and others who work or research in this area.
Cross-cultural, historical and comparative work is encouraged. We also
welcome creative reflections such as poetry, short stories, and artwork
on the subject.
Topics can include (but are not limited to):
the
relationship between maternal agency and institutional constraints;
personal agency; social agency; intersectionality and maternal agency;
maternal agency and social justice; empowerment and family-life
responsibilities; maternal agency and legal norms/practices; public
policy and the public/private split; neoliberalism and public policy for
mothers; healthism and maternal agency; navigating cultural expressions
of "good" and "bad" mothering; second and third shift responsibility
and agency; online advocacy and empowered mothering; maternal advocacy
as theorized or practiced by women of a particular race, class,
religion, or culture; empowered caregiving versus non-empowered
caregiving; workplace norms and maternal advocacy or agency; motherhood
and politics; "having it all" and maternal empowerment; challenging the
maternal wall; challenging the "price of motherhood"; pregnancy and
maternal agency; empowered mothering and disability; co-parenting and
maternal empowerment; social change potential of memoir, narrative,
autobiography, or blogging; maternal empowerment through artistic
expression, film, music, literature, pop culture, or other arts;
maternal agency through 'experts' or resistance to them; maternal
empowerment by being resistant to or rooted in traditions, histories, or
generational knowledges; navigating multiple identities as a mother;
motherhood movements; advocacy for new family forms and relations;
feminist mothering; queer and/or transgendered mothering; gender equity
in home and work place; redefining fathering; othermothering; activism
by young and/or low-income mothers; maternal activists' allies.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Articles
should be 15-18 pages (3750 words) including references. All should be
in MLA style, WordPerfect or Word and IBM compatible. Please see our
style guide for complete details: http://www.
SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 1, 2012!
** TO SUBMIT WORK ONE MUST BE A MEMBER OF MIRCI
Please direct your submissions to:
Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) 140 Holland St. West, PO Box 13022 Bradford, ON, L3Z 2Y5 (905) 775-9089 http://www.
Disclosure: I am getting a complementary membership to MIRCI and
subscription to the journal in return for posting these updates. It is,
however, something I would have agreed to do for free because I think
their work is so wonderful.
