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CALL FOR
PAPERS
Demeter Press
is seeking
submissions for an edited collection on
Mothering Adult Children
Editor:
Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard Publication Date: 2013
Deadline for abstracts: December 1, 2011
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This anthology will explore the changing experiences and
the challenges of relationships between mothers and their adult
children. I invite submissions that address a range of factors that may
impact these relations, health, generational differences in values,
conflicts with the spouse of a son or daughter and their family,
marital status, how a mother addresses significant problems experienced
by her son or daughter, how a mother keeps a loving if long-distance
relationship. Some mothers may experience major changes in their
relationships with their children, while others may find that they have
developed a closer bond.
I especially
encourage submissions that reveal different responses to extended
families in other cultures, such as Hispanic, Asian, black and
aboriginal mothers. Creative and narrative writing is encouraged as
well as academic essays in the fields of social history, sociology and
psychology.
A goal of
this volume is to reveal a reality that is ignored in the broader
society as well as the sociological and psychological adaptations to
ongoing transformations of mothering. Although we think of ourselves as
living in an individualistic society, there are a number of social
perceptions that influence our responses to life events. Older mothers
and lesbian mothers tend to be marginalized in a society that focuses
upon young mothers as well as heterosexual parents. Rather than
respecting aging, the broader society often fears and ignores it. Since
there are no maps or guidelines for an older mother to continue being a
giving and effective parent as children and grandchildren age and
change their circumstances, many of them need to continually improvise.
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Suggested
topics include but are not limited to:
Mothering
with disabilities, mothering adult offspring with disabilities or
addictions, the differences between mothering a son versus mothering a
daughter, mothering a son or daughter who is divorced or experiencing
difficulties in their marriages, ongoing, severed or distant
relationships, marital status and mothering, mothering adopted
offspring, mothering a soldier or a returning veteran, mothering a
single daughter or son, mothering a close friend of a son or daughter
who has lost his or her mother.
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Submission
guidelines:
Abstracts
should be 250 words. Please also include a brief biography (50 words).
Please send
to marguerite@bouvard.us
Deadline for abstracts is December 1, 2011
Accepted papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) will be
due September 2012 and
should
conform to Microsoft Word.
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Demeter Press
140 Holland
St. West, PO 13022
Bradford,
ON, L3Z 2Y5
http://www.demeterpress.org
info@demeterpress.org
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