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An interdisciplinary anthology of stories, rituals, and research that explores mothers' contemporary and traditional uses of the human afterbirth. Authors inspire, provoke and highlight diverse understandings of the placenta and its role in mothers' creative life-giving.

Explores the gamut of Toni Morrison's novels from her earliest to her most recent. Each of the essays examines the various ways in which Morrison's work delineates and interrogates Western culture's ideological norms of mothers, motherhood, and mothering.

Presents empirical, theoretical and creative works that address the construct of the 'bad' mother and the lived realities of mothers labelled as bad. The editors consider voices and acts of resistance to bad mother constructions, demonstrating that mothers have individually and collectively taken a stand against this destructive label.

Explores how and why immigrant/refugee mothers' experiences differ due to the challenges posed by the migration process, but also what commonalities underline immigrant/refugee mothers' lived experiences.

The papers in this collection present fine-detailed ethnographic studies of cultures in Africa and Oceania, with a focus primarily on MDG 3, targeted to ""promote gender equality and empower women"" and MDG 5, targeted to ""improve maternal health"" to ascertain whether or not these goals have made or missed their mark.

Examines the meaning and practice of mothering/motherhood from a multitude of maternal perspectives. Each chapter provides background and context, examines the challenges and possibilities of mothering/motherhood for each group of mothers and considers directions for future research.

Using a variety of critical and theoretical approaches, the contributing scholars to this collection analyse culturally specific and globally held attitudes about mothers and mothering, as represented in world cinema.

Explores some of the ways in which reproductive experiences are taken up in the rich arena of cultural production. The chapters in this collection pose questions, unsettle assumptions, and generate broad imaginative spaces for thinking about representation of pregnancy, birth, and parenting.

Brings together creative and scholarly contributions from feminist academics and activists alike to provide a dynamic study of the many varied ways in which mothers are blamed and shamed for their maternal practice. Importantly, it also considers how mothers resist these ideologies.

Draws attention to doula work as intimate and relational while highlighting the way boundaries are created, maintained, challenged, and transformed. Intimate labour as a theoretical construct provides a way to think about the kind of care doulas offer women across the reproductive spectrum.

Exploring the shared intersections of mothering, motherhood and sex work, this book weaves together a range of voices from academic and sex-worker communities around the world. It features interdisciplinary contributions, scholarly essays, academic research, artwork, poetry, photography and experiential narratives.