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Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic

Title
Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic
ISBN
9789048557868
9789463727297
Publication
[S.l.] : AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRES, 2024.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2024
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Summary
Early Modern Maternities in the Iberian Atlantic' is the first volume to emphasize women?s personal experiences and their life trajectories as mothers within the Peninsula and across the Atlantic. Although an official discourse that defined the conditions of motherhood emerged in the eighteenth century, before this period there were many different articulations of motherhood through which women negotiated hierarchical relationships, power struggles and alliances. While the individual experiences were unique and depended upon the positionality of race and class, the complexities of being a mother were universal. The wide variety of written and visual documents included in this volume highlight women?s voices in the first person along with more subtle references to motherhood as well as silences. This collection broadens our understanding of the complexities of motherhood, addressing the pressures of becoming a mother, miscarriage, the acts of giving birth and lactation and the ordeals of raising children.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 10, 2024
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