Girl w/ Pen » India http://thesocietypages.org/girlwpen Girl w/ Pen, founded by Deborah Siegel, publicly and passionately dispels modern myths concerning gender, encouraging other feminist scholars, writers, and thinkers to do the same. Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:24:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 GLOBAL MAMA: Glorifying Motherhood, Devaluing Mothers http://thesocietypages.org/girlwpen/2009/11/10/global-mama-glorifying-motherhood-devaluing-mothers/ http://thesocietypages.org/girlwpen/2009/11/10/global-mama-glorifying-motherhood-devaluing-mothers/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:25:45 +0000 http://girlwpen.com/?p=1763 In Of Woman Born, Adrienne Rich famously made the distinction between the institution of patriarchal motherhood and the experience of motherhood. I’ve always wondered to what degree this distinction bears out in other countries and cultures. According to a new book, Motherhood in India: Glorification without Empowerment?, published by Routledge India and edited by Maithreyi Krishnaraj, India also suffers from a gap between the cultural glorification of mothers and the actual treatment of mothers. Many thanks to writer and Feminist Review blogger Mandy Van Deven, who just told me about it! Mandy wrote a great piece for The Women’s International Perspective (The WIP) in which she interviews Veena Poonancha, one of the book’s contributors. Read her article, “Parvati’s Burden: Scratching the Surface of Motherhood in India,” over at The WIP.

Speaking of motherhood: I’m heading out to the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Atlanta tomorrow, where I’ll be on a panel entitled “Globalizing Motherhood Studies” (and another one on “Feminist Publishing 2.0″)–and will be conference blogging (along with fellow Girl with Penner Alison Piepmeier) over at She Writes!

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