Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Mothering, Community, and Friendship written by Essah Díaz and published by Demeter Press. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothers, Community, and Friendship is an anthology that explores the complexities of mothering/motherhood, communities, and friendship from across interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspectives. The chapters in this text not only examine how communities and friendship shape and influence the various spectrums of motherhood, but also analyze how communities and friendship are necessary for mothers. Through personal, reflective, critical essays, and ethnographies, this collection situates the ways mothers are connected to communities and how these relationships forms, such as in mothering groups and maternal friendships. By calling attention to these central and current topics, Mothers, Community, and Friendship represents how communities and friendship become means of empowerment for mothers.