Matricentric feminism;theory, activism, practice.

Matricentric feminism;theory, activism, practice.

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Imprint:	BRADFORD : DEMETER Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Feminist theory. Feminism. Mothers. Motherhood. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Feminism. Feminist theory. Motherhood. Mothers. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11833742

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ISBN:	1772580929 9781772580921 9781772580907 1772580902
Summary:	The book argues that the category of mother is distinct from the category of woman, and that many of the problems mothers face--social, economic, political, cultural, psychological, and so forth--are specific to women's role and identity as mothers. Indeed, mothers are oppressed under patriarchy as women and as mothers. Consequently, mothers need a feminism of their own, one that positions mothers' concerns as the starting point for a theory and politic of empowerment. O'Reilly terms this new mode of feminism matricentic feminism and the book explores how it is represented and experienced in t.

Table of Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Matricentric Feminism as Scholarship; 2. Matricentric Feminism as Activism; 3. Matricentric Feminism as Practice; 4. Matricentric Feminism and its Relationship to Academic Feminism; Works Cited; Appendices