{"id":4221,"date":"2011-04-18T08:54:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T12:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4221"},"modified":"2011-04-18T08:54:01","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T12:54:01","slug":"mothers-day-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/mothers-day-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day & Motherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 18, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mother\u2019s Day & Motherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the News: <\/em>Mother\u2019s Day comes early this year. Of course, that holiday is not until May 8th<\/sup> \u2013 still a few weeks away \u2013 but, since the author of this blog post will soon be on maternity leave, it is indeed a timely topic. In the News<\/em> will be on hiatus through the summer and will return at the beginning of the Fall semester. <\/em> Until then enjoy these books and DVDs that explore the beauty, joys, and pains of motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Art of Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Marta Alvarez Gonz\u00e1lez. Translated by Anthony Shugaar. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010
\nCall Number: NX652 .M64 A48 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Baby on Board: Becoming a Mother Without Losing Yourself: A Guide for Moms-to-Be
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Joelle Jay and Amy Kovarick. AMACOM, American Management Association, 2007
\nCall Number: Available online via NetLibrary<\/a><\/p>\n

Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Ayelet Waldman. Doubleday, 2009
\nCall Number: PS3573 .A42124 Z46 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Birthing a Mother: The Surrogate Body and the Pregnant Self
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Elly Teman. University of California Press, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759.5 .T46 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Conscious Women, Conscious Mothers: True Stories of Wisdom and Awareness on the Path of Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Darlene Montgomery. White Knight Books, 2007
\nCall Number: Available online via ebrary<\/a><\/p>\n

Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourses of Reproduction
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Sarah Hayden and D. Lynn O\u2019Brien Hallstein. Lexington Books, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .C7257 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Encyclopedia of Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Andrea O\u2019Reilly. Sage Publications, 2010
\nCall Number: Available online via SAGE Reference Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Feminist Mothering
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Andrea O\u2019Reilly. SUNY Press, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ759 .F367 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Going It Alone?: Lone Motherhood in late Modernity
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Martina Klett-Davies. Ashgate, 2007
\nCall Number: HQ759.915 .K63 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Is That Your Child?: Mothers Talk About Rearing Biracial Children
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd. Lexington Books, 2009
\nCall Number: HQ777.9 .K55 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kids Are All Right<\/em><\/strong> (DVD)
\nDirected by Lisa Cholodenko. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2010
\nCall Number: PN1997.2 .K5373 2010<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Lesbian Motherhood: Stories of Becoming
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Amy Hequembourg. Harrington park Press, 2007
\nCall Number: HQ75.53 .H47 2007<\/a> (At Treasure Coast)<\/p>\n

Mama, PhD: Women Write About Motherhood and Academic Life
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Elerena Evans and Caroline Grant. Rutgers University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: LC1568 .M35 2008<\/a> (Also available online via NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Maternal Factor: Two Paths to Morality
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Nel Noddings. University of California Press, 2010
\nCall Number: BJ1475 .N625 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Maternal is Political: Women Writers at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Shari MacDonald Strong. Seal Press, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ759 .M3732 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Maternities: Gender, Bodies and Space
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Robyn Longhurst. Routledge, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ759 .L576 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe Baby<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nDirected by Shannon O\u2019Rourke. New Day Films, 2007
\nCall Number: HQ755.8 .M39 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Mom: The Transformation of Motherhood in Modern America
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Rebecca Jo Plant. The University of Chicago Press, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .P564 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Mommy Angst: Motherhood in American Popular Culture
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Ann C. Hall and Mardia J. Bishop. Praeger, 2009
\nCall Number: HQ759 .M848 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Mommy, Mama, and Me
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Lesl\u00e9a Newman. Tricycle Press, 2009
\nCall Number: PZ7 .N47988 Mo 2009<\/a> (Boca Raton Children\u2019s Literature Collection)<\/p>\n

The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Barbara Almond. University of California Press, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .A436 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Motherhood and Feminism
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Amber E. Kinser. Seal Press, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .K552 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Emily Monosson. ILR Press\/Cornell University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ759.48 .M68 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

The Motherhood Manifesto: What America\u2019s Mom\u2019s Want and What to Do About It
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Joan Blades and Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner. Nation Books, 2006
\nCall Number: HQ759 .B59 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

The Motherhood Manifesto<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nDirected by Laura Pacheco. Bullfrog Films, 2006
\nCall Number: HQ759.48 .M675 2006<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Mothers Who Deliver: Feminist Interventions in Public and Interpersonal Discourse
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Jocelyn Fenton Stitt and Pegeen Reichert Powell. SUNY Press ,2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .M8736 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

New Choices, New Families: How Lesbians Decide About Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Nancy J. Mezey. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ75.53 .M49 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Amy Richards. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
\nCall Number: HQ759 .R534 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Ready: Why Women are Embracing the New Later Motherhood
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Elizabeth Gregory. Basic Books, 2007
\nCall Number: HQ759.43 .G74 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Barbara Wejnert, Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Nirupama Prakash. Routledge, 2009
\nCall Number: HQ759 .S2 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Saving Haiti\u2019s Mothers<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\nDistributed by PBS, 2010
\nCall Number: RG963 .H2 S38 2010<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood without Marriage and Creating the New American Family
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Rosanna Hertz. Oxford University Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HQ536 .H48 2006<\/a> (Also available via NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor. Viking, 2009
\nCall Number: PS3611 .I44 Z46 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Twenty-First Century Motherhood: Experience, Identity, Policy, Agency
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Andrea O\u2019Reilly. Columbia University Press, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759 .T946 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers and the American Dream
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Ruth Sidel. University of California Press, 2006
\nCall Number: HQ759.915 .S159 2006<\/a> (Also available via NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The War on Moms: On Life in a Family-Unfriendly Nation
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Sharon Lerner. John Wiley & Sons, 2010
\nCall Number: HQ759.48 .L49 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Who\u2019s Your Mama?: The Unsung Voices of Women and Mothers
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Yvonne Bynoe. Soft Skull Press, 2009
\nCall Number: HQ759 .W56 2009<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

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April 18, 2011 Mother\u2019s Day & Motherhood In the News: Mother\u2019s Day comes early this year. Of course, that holiday is not until May 8th \u2013 still a few weeks away \u2013 but, since the author of this blog post will soon be on maternity leave, it is indeed a timely topic. In the News […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[136,613,612,611,610,614],"class_list":["post-4221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-in-the-library","category-in-the-news","tag-feminism","tag-maternity","tag-moms","tag-mothers-day","tag-motherhood","tag-pregnancy"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}